Muhammad Iqbal Shah
Pakistani politician
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Muhammad Iqbal Shah Qureshi (Urdu: محمد اقبال شاہ قریشی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from February 2018 to May 2018.
Muhammad Iqbal Shah | |
|---|---|
| محمد اقبال شاہ | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 19 February 2018 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | NA-154 (Lodhran-I) |
| Personal details | |
| Children | Aamir Iqbal Shah (son)[1] |
Education and personal life
Political career
He remained Tehsil Nazim of Dunyapur from 2005 to 2009.[1][3]
He for brief served as the Chairman Union Council[2] before he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate for Pakistan Muslim League (N) for Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in by-polls held in February 2018. He received 113,542 votes and defeated Ali Tareen, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and son of Jahangir Khan Tareen.[4][5] The seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Jahangir Khan Tareen by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for being "dishonest" in December 2017.[5] The constituency was considered a stronghold of Tareens and PTI[6] and hence the defeat of a PTI candidate was termed a "a major upset" and "huge blow" to the party ahead of the July 2018 elections.[7][3][8] He took an oath as Member of the National Assembly on 19 February 2018.[9]
