Bilal Asghar Warraich

Chaudhary Bilal Asghar Warraich is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from October 2018 till January 2023.

Bilal Asghar Warraich Gojra
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office 22 October 2018 – 14 January 2023
Constituency	PP-118 Toba Tek Singh-I
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	PP-84 (Toba Tek Singh-I)
In office 9 April 2008 – 2013
Constituency	PP-84 (Toba Tek Singh-I)
Personal details
Born	(1977-09-18) 18 September 1977 (age 47) Gojra, Punjab, Pakistan
Relations	Chaudhary Khalid Javed (brother)

Early life and education

He was born on 18 September 1977 in Gojra.^[1]

He is son of Ch Ali Asghar Warraich and younger brother of Ch Amjad Ali Warraich(Ex-MNA) and Ch Khalid Javed Warraich(MNA)

As per Punjab Assembly official website, he graduated in 1997 from University of the Punjab and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML-J) from PP-84 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in the 2002 Punjab provincial election. He received 24,662 votes and defeated Asad Zaman Cheema, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).^[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from PP-84 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in the 2008 Punjab provincial election. He received 35,011 votes and defeated Usman Ali Cheema, a candidate of PML-N.^[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan National Muslim League (PNML) from PP-84 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election.^[4] He received 26,501 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Asad Zaman.^[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-118 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in a by-election held on 14 October 2018.^[6]

In May 2021, Warraich became the special coordinator to Chief Minister Punjab for Sports, Local Departments and Youth affairs.^[7]

On 5 January 2023, he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after a meeting with Imran Khan, the party chairman.^[8]

References

1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
3. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
5. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
6. "Unofficial results of all 24 Provincial Assemblies seats". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
7. "Tareen camp MPA made CM's special coordinator - Newspaper - DAWN.COM". 21 May 2021.
8. Desk, BR Web (2023-01-05). "Independent MPA Bilal Warraich joins PTI, vows to support Elahi in vote of confidence". Brecorder. Retrieved 2023-04-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)