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Pakistani politician
Tahir Sadiq
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-55 (Attock-I)
Personal details
BornDecember 8, 1950
Bahtar, Tehsil Fateh Jhang, Attock, Punjab
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (2018-present)
ChildrenMuhammad Zain Elahi (son)
Eman Waseem (daughter)
RelativesChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (brother-in-law), Chaudhry family

Tahir Sadiq Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life

Khan was born into a ] family of the Khattar and is married to the sister of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.

He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1971. After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-12 (Attock-I) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 36,051 votes and defeated Muhammad Shawez Khan.

In 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) and defeated Malik Sohail Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). In the same election, he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-3 (Attock-III). He received 62,337 votes and defeated Asif Ali Malik.

Following his election, he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 (Attock-I) and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 (Attock-II) and Punjab assembly seat PP-3 (Attock-III).

References

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  2. Malik, Yaqoob (7 February 2013). "Ex-Attock nazim forms his own group". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. Warraich, Suhail (2 August 2018). "Choosing right person for Punjab CM real test for Imran". The News International. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Legislators from ATTOCK (PP-12 to PP-15)". pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. "Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. "Tahir Sadiq decides to join PTI - Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer –". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. "PTI's Tahir Sadiq bags two NA, one PA seats". The Nation. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. "NA-55 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 1 - NA-55 Candidates - NA-55 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. "NA-56 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 2 - NA-56 Candidates - NA-56 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. "PTI's candidate Tahir Sadiq wins PP-3 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. "PP-3 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 3 - PP-3 Candidates - PP-3 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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