Farkhanda Amjad

Farkhanda Amjad Ali Warraich is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Farkhanda Amjad
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-92 (Toba Tek Singh-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Political career

She ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-92 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. She received 205 votes and lost the seat to Amjad Ali Warraich, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J). In the same election, she ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-84 (Toba Tek Singh-I) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. She received 83 votes and lost the seat to Bilal Asghar Warraich.[1]

She was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-92 (Toba Tek Singh-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2][3] She received 69,827 votes and defeated Hamza, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[4]

She ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) as a candidate of Pakistan National Muslim League (PNML) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. She received 11,549 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Shehbaz Babar. In the same election, she ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-59 (Faisalabad-IX) as a candidate of PNML but was unsuccessful. She received 3,230 votes and lost the seat to Arif Mahmood Gill.[5]

References
  1. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. Saeed, Tariq (2 January 2017). "Second woman from Warraich family enters politics". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. "Non-compliance: 212 lawmakers yet to prove they are not dual nationals - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.


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