Abdul Hakeem Baloch | |
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عبدالحکیم بلوچ | |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
Constituency | NA-231 Karachi Malir-III |
In office 24 October 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jamil Ahmed Khan |
Constituency | NA-237 (Malir-II) |
In office 14 December 2016 – 31 May 2018 | |
Succeeded by | Jam Abdul Karim Bijar |
Constituency | NA-258 (Karachi-XX) |
Minister of State for Communication | |
In office 5 June 2014 – September 2016 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party (2017-present) |
Abdul Hakeem Baloch ( Urdu: عبد الحکیم بلوچ) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. [1] He also served as MNA from 2013 to 2016, from 2016 to 2018 and from October 2022 till August 2023.
He has done bachelors. [2]
He began his political career with Pakistan Peoples Party and served as a provincial minister of Sindh. [3]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-258 (Karachi-XX) on ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2013 Pakistani general election. [4] [5] [6]
In 2013, he was made the Minister of State for Railways [6] [7] [3] [8] before being appointed as Minister of State for Communication in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. [9] [6]
In 2016, he quit PML-N and rejoined Pakistan Peoples Party and resigned from the National Assembly seat that he won on PML-N ticket. [10] [6]
He ran for the seat of National Assembly from NA-258 (Karachi-XX) on ticket of PPP in by-election held in 2016 [10] and retained the seat. [11] He was given cabinet portfolio of Minister of State for Railways. [12]
He ran for the NA-237 Malir seat on the ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party in the by-election held in October 2022 and won the elections by getting 32567 votes. [13] [14]