Siddique Khan Baloch
Siddique Khan Baloch
صدیق خان بلوچ
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-155 Lodhran-II
In office2013–2015
ConstituencyConstituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I)
In office2008–2013
ConstituencyConstituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I)
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-227 Lodhran-IV
In office1997–1999
ConstituencyPP-171 (Lodhran-I)
In office1988–1993
ConstituencyPP-171 (Multan-XII)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
PartyPMLN (1993-present)
Other politicalaffiliationsIJI (1988-1990)

Muhammad Siddique Khan Baloch (Urdu: محمد صدیق خان بلوچ) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from 2008 to October 2015. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1988 to 1993, from 1997 to 1999, and from August 2018 to January 2023.

Early life

He was born in 1959.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-171 (Multan-XII) in the 1988 Pakistani general election. He received 15,410 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Amanullah Khan.[2] He served as the Provincial Parliamentary Secretary of Punjab for Colonies[3] and Agriculture Department from 1988 to 1990.[1]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-171 (Multan-XII) in the 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 37,793 votes and defeated Amanullah Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance.[2]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-171 (Lodhran-I) in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 33,417 votes and lost the seat to Amanullah Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from PP-171 (Lodhran-I) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 48,604 votes and defeated Amanullah Khan, a candidate of PPP.[2] During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served as Provincial Parliamentary Secretary of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development until 1999 Pakistani coup d'état.[1][4]

He could not contest the 2002 Pakistani general election for being non-eligible due to graduation requirement.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[6][7] He received 81,983 votes and defeated Mirza Muhammad Nasir Baig, a candidate of PPP.[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as independent candidate from Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[9][10] He received 86,177 votes and defeated Jahangir Khan Tareen, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In the same election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-210 (Lodhran-IV). He received 32,712 votes and defeated Rana Mohammad Aslam Khan, a candidate of PML-N.[11] He decided to vacate his provincial seat and joined PML-N after winning the election.[5]

In August 2015, he was unseated after he was declared disqualified to continue in office because of a fake degree case.[12] In October 2015, the Supreme Court of Pakistan order by-polls in the constituency and allowed Baloch to contest.[13]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in by-polls held in December 2015, but was unsuccessful. He received 99,933 votes and was defeated by Jahangir Tareen, a candidate of PTI.[14]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from PP-227 (Lodhran-IV) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[15] He also contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-161 Lodhran-II as a candidate of PML-N, but was unsuccessful. He received votes and was defeated by Mian Muhammad Shafiq, a candidate of PTI.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-155 Lodhran-II as a candidate of PML-N in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 117,687. Ties and defeated Jahangir Tareen, a candidate of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP).[16]

References

  1. ^ abc"Legislators from LODHRAN (PP-170 to PP-173)". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ abcd"Punjab Assembly election result 1988-97"(PDF). ECP. Archived from the original(PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^"Previous Assemblies". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^"Previous Assemblies". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ ab"Polling concludes for by-election in NA-154 Lodhran". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ^"Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. ^"PML-N assured of win-win situation on many seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. ^"2008 election result"(PDF). ECP. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  9. ^Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (29 October 2014). "NA-154: Over 20,000 votes were polled with invalid CNICs or without CNICs". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.{{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  10. ^"PTI's Tareen trounces PML-N's Baloch in NA-154 Lodhran by-poll: unofficial results". DAWN.COM. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  11. ^"2013 election result"(PDF). ECP. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  12. ^"Election tribunal orders re-election in NA-154, deseats PML-N lawmaker". 26 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  13. ^"NA-154: SC declares Siddique's election void, orders re-polling". DAWN.COM. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  14. ^"PTI's Tareen trounces PML-N's Baloch in NA-154 Lodhran by-poll: unofficial results". DAWN.COM. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  15. ^"Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  16. ^"Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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