Shokat Ali (politician)

Shaukat Ali (born 1976) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022.

Shaukat Ali
شوکت علی
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 29 July 2022
ConstituencyNA-31 (Peshawar-V)
Personal details
Born1976
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Political career

Ali was elected to the National Assembly in 2018 as a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[1] He received 87,895 votes and defeated the incumbent MNA, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour.[2]

On 10 April 2022, after Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a vote of no-confidence in the Pakistani parliament, Ali resigned from the assembly on Khan's orders. The new government did not initially accept the resignations of several departing members for fear of reducing the number of members. However, it accepted the resignations of eleven, including Ali, on July 28. Later, by-elections were held again for Ali's seat. Khan made a surprising move to stand on his own in all of the by-election seats.[3]

See also

References
  1. "PTI's Shaukat Ali wins NA-31 election". Associated Press of Pakistan. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  2. "NA-31 Results - Election 2018 Results - - Candidates List - Constituency Details - Geo.tv". Geo News. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  3. "Ex-PM Khan says Pakistan by-election 'a referendum' on his popularity". France 24. 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
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