Syed Asif Husnain

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-255 (Karachi-XVII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[1] He received 157,971 votes and defeated Haji Nafees Ahmed Usmani, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[2]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-255 (Karachi-XVII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} He received 136,982 votes and defeated Khalid Mehmood Ali, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[9]

In 2016, he left MQM to join Pak Sarzameen Party and announced to resign from National Assembly as well.^[3][10] In 2017, it was reported that Husnain was still holding seat at National Assembly and drawing salary, despite quitting MQM in August 2016 on whose ticket he had won the seat. Husnain was criticised by Farooq Sattar for continuing to hold the seat of National Assembly that he had won on MQM ticket.^[11]