Sardar Shafqat Hayat Khan

Sardar Muhammad Shafqat Hayat Khan Baloch (Urdu: سردار محمد شفقت حیات خان بلوچ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2010 to March 2013 and again from August 2013 to May 2018. Sardar Shafqat Khan belongs to the chief baloch family of Sahiwal town.

Sardar Shafqat Hayat Khan
سردارشفقت حیات خان
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 30 August 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-68 (Sargodha-V)
In office 2010–2013
Constituency	NA-68 (Sargodha-V)
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Children	Miqdad Ali Khan Baloch (son)

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-37 (Sargodha-X) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 13,281 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Asghar Hayat Kalyar.^[1]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-37 (Sargodha-X) in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 2,288 votes and lost the seat to Sahibzada Ghulam Nizam-ud-Din Sialvi.^[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-68 (Sargodha-V) in by-election held in 2010. He received 90,253 votes and defeated Mian Mazhar Qureshi.^[3][4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-68 (Sargodha-V) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^[5][6][7][8] He received 67,888 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Javaid Hasnain Shah.^[9] During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development^[10] and Inter Provincial Coordination.^[11]

References

1. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
2. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
3. "Plaints of rigging in NA-68 ECP asks Punjab govt to explain transfers". DAWN.COM. 2 September 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
4. "Results of by-polls shock PPP, PML-N". DAWN.COM. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
5. "38pc turnout registered in by-polls: ECP". DAWN.COM. 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
6. "PML-N wins five NA, 10 PA seats in Punjab". DAWN.COM. 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
7. "ECP orders probe over Khan's rigging allegations". DAWN.COM. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
8. "By-elections spring some upsets". DAWN.COM. 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
9. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
10. Malik, Faizah (14 May 2017). "In search of greener pastures". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
11. "NA passes Pakistan Army, Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers (Amendments) bills". The Nation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.