Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani

Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-284 Layyah-V
Personal details
Born (1985-11-05) 5 November 1985
Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyIstehkam-e-Pakistan Party (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Early life and education

Rafaqat Ali was born on the 5th November 1985 in Layyah, Punjab into a feudal family to Syed Saadat Ali Gillani, also a politician, and he obtained his Master's in Physical Education from the Government College University, Faisalabad in 2015 and later graduated in Law from the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan in 2016.[1]

Police career

He served as Sub-Inspector in the Punjab Rangers from 2007 to 2013.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-284 (Layyah-V) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[2]

On 28 July 2018, he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[3]

On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Minister on Auqaf and Religious Affairs.[4]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-283 Layyah-IV as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.[5]

References
  1. "Profile". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023.
  2. "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. Chaudhry, Fahad (28 July 2018). "4 independent MPA-elects in Punjab join PTI". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 September 2018). "Cabinet gets four advisers, five special assistants". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.


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