Syed Waseem Akhtar
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018
Succeeded bySamiullah Chaudhry
ConstituencyPP-271 Bahawalpur-V
Personal details
Born(1956-09-09)9 September 1956
Lahore
Died3 June 2019(2019-06-03) (aged 62)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan

Syed Waseem Akhtar (9 September 1956 – 3 June 2019) was a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, between 1990 and May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 9 September 1956 in Lahore.[1]

He has a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which he obtained in 1980 from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College.[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-222 (Bahawalpur-V) in 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 11,752 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 32,382 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance.[2]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Islamic Front (PIF) from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 5,312 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 21,078 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4][5]

Death

He died on 3 June 2019 at age of 62 following a brief illness.[6][7] His funeral was offered in Bahawalpur.

References

  1. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Punjab Assembly election result 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Main leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr. Syed Waseem Akhtar passed away, Siraj-ul-Haq and others expressed grief".
  7. ↑ "JI South Punjab Ameer Dr Waseem dies". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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