Muhammad Afzal Sahi
Chaudhary Muhammad Afzal Sahi (born 1 November 1949) is a member of the Sahi Jat family in Faisalabad and is a Pakistani politician.
Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi چوہدری محمد افضل ساہى | |
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| Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
| In office 27 November 2002 – 11 April 2008 | |
| Deputy | Shaukat Hussein Mazari |
| Preceded by | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| Succeeded by | Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | PP-52 (Faisalabad-II) |
| In office 25 November 2002 – 17 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | PP-51 (Faisalabad-I) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1949 Sahianwala, Faisalabad District, Punjab |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Other political affiliations | Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2013-2018) Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002-2013) |
| Relations | Ghulam Rasool Sahi (brother) |
| Children | Ali Afzal Sahi (son) |
| Alma mater | University of Punjab |
He is the son of Chaudhry Nawab Khan Sahi, a famous landlord of Sahianwala. He got his early education from Government High School for Boys, Salarwala and then from Government College. He carried on with his education in Lahore and graduated from University of the Punjab (Lahore) in 1971.
Political career
After completing his education, Sahi stepped into politics in 1973.
District Government Faisalabad
He served as Member District Council Faisalabad for three consecutive terms from 1979 to 1991.
Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In 1985, he participated in the non-party basis Punjab Assembly elections, the first elections to be held during General Zia Ul-Haq's Martial Law regime. Although earlier results indicated that Sahi was defeated by 88 votes, the majority of the population was of the view that the elections were rigged. Mr. Sahi filed an election petition against these results which went in his favour. In February 1988, He was asked to take oath as member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab but the then government never allowed him to take oath until the assembly was dissolved on 30 May 1988.
He remained undefeated from his constituency from 1985 till 2008.
He served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1985-1988, 1988–90, 1990–93, 1993-96, 1997–99 and 2002-2008. He functioned as Parliamentary Secretary for Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife during 1990-93 and as Minister for Communications & Works in Punjab during 1997-99. He was elected for the sixth consecutive term as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the Pakistani general election, 2002 and was elected as the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[1] He remained in this post from 2002 to 11 April 2008. During this period he also functioned as governor of Punjab several times. His most recent term in the Provincial Assembly was from 29 May 2013 to 31 May 2018.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly from PP-98 Faisalabad-II as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election, but was unsuccessful. He received 44,933 votes and lost to Rana Shoaib Adrees Khan, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[2]
He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-98 Faisalabad-II as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.[3]
Family
Afzal Sahi's elder brother, Lt. Col. (Retd.) Ghulam Rasool Sahi, is also a veteran politician. He served as member of National Assembly from 2002 to 2007. He has returned for his second term as member National Assembly of Pakistan in 2013 after securing 130,300 votes, the highest number of votes in Faisalabad Division.
His son Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi served as member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he was elected from PP-52 in the February 2008 elections. Sahi's younger brother, Maj.General Akram Sahi is serving Pakistan Army as a Major General. Now his son Ch Junaid Afzal Sahi is chairman UC 10 Faisalabad and candidate for Chairman District Council, Faisalabad
References
- "Iranian envoy calls on speaker Afzal Sahi". Daily Times (newspaper). 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "PP-98 Results - Election 2018 Results - - Candidates List - Constituency Details - Geo.tv". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.