Abdul Wasey
Pakistani politician
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Abdul Wasey (Urdu: مولانا عبد الواسع) is a Pakistani Islamic Scholar and politician who is the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) in Balochistan province and had previously served as the Minister for Housing and Works from 2022 to 2023.[1][2]
Abdul Wasey | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Housing and Works | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 9 August 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Tariq Bashir Cheema |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Khan Sherani |
| Constituency | NA-257 (Killa Saifullah-cum-Zhob-cum-Sherani) |
| Leader of Opposition in Provincial Assembly of Balochistan | |
| In office 17 March 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Yar Muhammad Rind |
| Succeeded by | Malik Sikandar Khan |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan | |
| In office 29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Maulana Noorullah |
| Constituency | PB-20 Killa Saifullah |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | PB-20 Killa Saifullah |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | PB-20 Killa Saifullah |
| In office 1997–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | PB-15 Killa Saifullah |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Maulvi Asmatullah |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | PB-15 Killa Saifullah |
| Senior Minister of Planning & Development | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Minister of Forest & Wildlife | |
| In office 1997–1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | JUI (F) (1993-present) |
Other political affiliations | MMA (2002) |
| Occupation | Politician |
He was also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2023.[3]
He has also remained member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from 1993 to 1996 and 1997 to 1999 and then consecutively for three terms, from 2002 to 2018.[4]
Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Islamic Jamhoori Mahaz from Constituency PB-15 Killa Saifullah in the 1993 Pakistani general election.[5]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) from Constituency PB-15 Killa Saifullah in the 1997 Pakistani general election.[5]
He was twice re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal from Constituency PB-20 Killa Saifullah in the 2002 Pakistani general election and 2008 Pakistani general election.[6]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) from Constituency PB-20 Killa Saifullah in the 2013 Pakistani general election respectively.[6]
He then briefly served as the Leader of Opposition in Balochistan Assembly from 2013 to 2018.[7][8][9]
He also served as ٓSenior Minister of Planning and Development in Balochistan twicely from 2002 to 2007 and 2008–2013.[10][11][12]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-257 (Killa Saifullah-cum-Zhob-cum-Sherani) as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[13][14]
On 19 April 2022, he was appointed as Minister of Housing and Works in Shehbaz Sharif ministry which he served till 9 August 2023.[15]