Moazzam Ali Khan

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Moazzam Ali Khan Abassi
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
29 October 2019 – 11 August 2023
ConstituencyPS-11 Larkana-II
In office
13 August 2018 – 29 August 2019
ConstituencyPS-11 Larkana-II
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyGrand Democratic Alliance (2017-present)

Moazzam Ali Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from October 2019 till August 2023. He previously served as a member from August 2018 to August 2019.[1]

Education[edit]

Khan studied at Aitchison College in Lahore.

Political career[edit]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Grand Democratic Alliance from PS-11 (Larkana-II) in the 2018 Sindh provincial election.[2] On 22 August 2019, the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified him for failing to declare his assets following a petition filed by Pakistan Peoples Party’s Nida Khuhro.[3][4]

On 17 October 2019, in a by-election for PS-11 (Larkana-II), Abbasi was re-elected bagging 31,557 votes, while his rival PPP's Jameel Ahmed Soomro secured 26,021 votes.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Member Profile". Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
  2. ^ "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "SC orders re-election in PS-11 Larkana". Abb Takk News. August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "SC disqualifies GDA member, orders re-election in PS-11 Larkana". ARY News. Aug 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "GDA win in Larkana shocks PPP". The Express Tribune. October 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "GDA's Abbasi wins by-election to Sindh Assembly". Dawn. October 18, 2019.