Khwaja Ghulam Rasool Koreja
خواجہ غلام رسول کوریجہ
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-192 (Rahim Yar Khan-I)
Personal details
Born (1970-10-21) October 21, 1970
Liaquatpur, Rahim Yar Khan District
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan People's Party (2013-2022; since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2022-2023)
Residence(s)Muhallah Korejgan Shidani Sharif Tehsil Liaquatpur, Rahim Yar Khan District[1]

Khwaja Ghulam Rasool Koreja (Urdu: خواجہ غلام رسول کوریجہ; born 21 October 1970) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 21 October 1970.[2]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-192 (Rahim Yar Khan-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5][6][7] He received 80,823 votes and defeated Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Alam Anwar, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[8]

In October 2017, he was appointed as chairperson of the standing committees of the National Assembly on narcotics control.[9] Mr. Syed Mobeen Ahmed from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defeated him in the 2018 Pakistani general election by 8000 votes.[10] Mr. Ghulam Rasool left the PPP in August 2022. He met Imran Khan on 15 September 2022, and formally joined the PTI.[11]

He left the PTI and rejoined the PPP on 31 May 2023 due to the 2023 Pakistani protests.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "National Assembly of Pakistan".
  2. ↑ "Detail Information". 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "PML-N not sole beneficiary of 'rejected votes' in 2013 polls". DAWN.COM. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "SC reserves judgment in poll dispute case". DAWN.COM. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election tribunal resumes work after restoration". DAWN.COM. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "PML-N scored from where it lost in general elections". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bahawalpur: Recounting ordered in NA-192". The Nation. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Junaidi, Ikram (12 October 2017). "Three NA panel heads, two state ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries appointed". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "NA-175 Results - Election 2018 Results - - Candidates List - Constituency Details - Geo.tv".
  11. ↑ "Leaders of PML-N, PPP and QWP leaders join PTI". 15 September 2022.
  12. ↑ News Desk (2023-05-31). "Former PTI lawmakers from South Punjab join PPP". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-31.


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