Arbab Zakaullah
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-229 (Tharparkar-I)
In office
2002–2004
ConstituencyNA-229 (Tharparkar-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Arbab Zakaullah is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2004 and again from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected unopposed to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in a by-election held in 2002.[1][2] He resigned from the National Assembly in 2004.[3][4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-229 (Tharparkar-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 135,697 votes and defeated Mahesh Kumar Malhani, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 6 votes from Constituency PS-60 (Tharparkar-I) and lost the seat to Arbab Ghulam Rahim, and received 62 votes from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) and lost the seat to Arbab Zulfiqar Ali, a candidate of PML-Q.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Will it be a walkover for Aziz?: NA-229 (Tharparkar) by-election". DAWN.COM. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Shaukat to fight polls from Attock, Tharparkar". DAWN.COM. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Schedule for by polls announced". DAWN.COM. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.


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