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Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor (Urdu: خواجہ سہیل منصور; born 2 February 1960) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018.

PartyIND (2025–present)
Other political
affiliations
PPP (2023–2024)
MQM-L (2008–2023)
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Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-240 (Karachi-II)
Personal details
Born
PartyIND (2025–present)
Other political
affiliations
PPP (2023–2024)
MQM-L (2008–2023)
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Early life

He was born on 2 February 1960.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 67,799 votes and defeated Abdullah Boloch, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[3]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-240 (Karachi-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[4][5][6][7][8][9] He received 87,805 votes and defeated Naz Baloch.[10]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-239 (Korangi Karachi-I) as a candidate of MQM in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 68,811 votes and lost the seat to Akram Cheema, a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)[citation needed]

On 5 February 2023, he joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[11]

He is the PPP candidate for the 2023 by-election in NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV).[citation needed]

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