Khurram Shahzad Virk
Khurram Shahzad Virk | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
Constituency | NA-115 Sheikhupura-III |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 18 July 2022 – 14 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Mian Khalid Mehmood |
Constituency | PP-140 Sheikhupura-VI |
Minister of Law Punjab | |
In office 7 August 2022 – 14 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Malik Ahmad Khan |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Punjab | |
In office 7 August 2022 – 15 August 2022 | |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Basharat Raja |
Personal details | |
Born | Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan | 1 April 1983
Political party | PTI (2013-present) |
Khurram Shahzad Virk is a Pakistani politician who is a member of National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from July 2022 till January 2023.[1] He also served as Minister of law before assembly dissolved.
Early life and education
[edit]Born on 1 April 1983 in Sheikhupura, Punjab, he obtained his LLB in 2005 from the Punjab University, Lahore his and Master's in Philosophy in 2007 from the G. C. University, Lahore.[2]
Political career
[edit]He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-140 Sheikhupura-VI as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the July 2022 Punjab provincial by-election. He received 50,166 votes and defeated Mian Khalid Mehmood, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[3]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-115 Sheikhupura-III as a PTI-backed independent candidate in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 130,416 votes and defeated Mian Javed Latif, a candidate of PML(N).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Provincial Assembly of Punjab 2022 Bye-Elections results - Election Commission of Pakistan" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Profile". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Punjab by-polls: PTI ahead of PML-N". Latest News - The Nation. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-07-17.