Syed Ali Raza Abidi
Pakistani politician
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Syed Ali Raza Abidi (Urdu: سید علی رضا عابدی; 6 July 1972 – 25 December 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 until his assassination in May 2018.
Syed Ali Raza Abidi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | NA-251 (Karachi-XIII) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1972 |
| Died | 25 December 2018 (aged 46) |
| Cause of death | Assassination by gunshots |
| Party | MQM (2013-2018) |
Early life
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-251 (Karachi-XIII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][3][6][7][8][9] He received 81,603 votes and defeated Raja Azhar Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[10]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM Pakistan from Constituency NA-243 (Karachi East-II) in the 2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,082 votes and lost the seat to Imran Khan.[11]