Raja Shafqat Khan Abbasi
Raja Muhammad Shafqat Khan Abbasi, is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 25 November 2002 to 10 October 2007.[1]
Biography[edit]
Abbasi was born on 3 March 1963 in Murree. He earned an LL.B. (Hons) degree in 1988 from the International Islamic University and an M.A. in Political Science in 1989 from the University of the Punjab.[1]
He held the position of General Secretary of the Islamabad Bar Association in 1992. Later, he was elected as a Member of the Punjab Bar Council in 2000 for a five-year term and subsequently became the Chairman of the Punjab Bar Council in 2001.[1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-1 (Rawalpindi-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[2]
In 2009, he was appointed as a justice in the Lahore High Court.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "PPP candidate triumphs in Murree". DAWN.COM. 12 October 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "LHC gets 16 new judges, DAGs". DAWN.COM. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2024.