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Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan

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Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan
(راجہ محمد افضل خان)
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Personal details
Born(1936-03-01)1 March 1936
DiedApril 11, 2020(2020-04-11) (aged 84)
NationalityPakistan Pakistani
OccupationPolitician

Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan (Urdu: راجہ محمد افضل خان; 1 March 1936 - 11 April 2020) was a Pakistani politician.He belongs to a Rajput family of the Janjua clan. who was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan four times and Senate of Pakistan once.[1] He was the member of Pakistan Peoples Party.

Biography

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In 1983, Raja Afzal started his political career by winning Jhelum Municipal Committee chairman election and later on from 1985 to 1999, he remained MNA and senator, mostly from the PML-N. In 2002, he could not contest the poll due to graduation bar and fielded his two sons Raja Asad and Raja Safdar as PML-N nominees on National Assembly seats of Jhelum and only Asad won but in 2008 his both sons won NA seats.[2]

In 2012, he left the PML-N over differences on award of party ticket for a by-election. The vote was held after a provincial assembly seat fell vacant as Khadim Gharmala’s son Nadeem Khadim was held ineligible over dual nationality.[3][4]

Although the senior politician had enjoyed a long association with the Sharif family and PML-N, they developed differences in late 2012. As a result, he along with his two sons[5] had left the party and joined the PPP in January 2013.[6][7]

Raja Afzal contested as a PPP nominee on two seats in the 2013 election but lost the poll. Later, he joined the PTI[8][9] but he supported PML- N’s Raja Matloob Mehdi in the 2016 by-election against PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry. That was his last public political activity. He did not play any role in the July 2018 general election.

He died after a prolonged illness on 11 April 2020.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "اجہ محمد افضل خان کی داستان حیات تحریر". جہلم لائیو. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "PTI faces setback ahead of Jhelum by-poll". DAWN.COM. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "SC disqualifies dual national lawmakers". DAWN.COM. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Dual citizenship: Notices issued to 13 lawmakers". The Express Tribune. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Two PML-N MNAs from Jhelum join PPP". The News International. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Three PML-N leaders from Jhelum join PPP". Business Recorder. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Changing loyalties: Raja family of Jhelum joins PPP". The Express Tribune. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Raja Afzal shifts loyalty second time in a year". DAWN.COM. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Changing loyalties: Raja family of Jhelum joins PPP". The Express Tribune. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Veteran parliamentarian Raja Afzal dies". DAWN.COM. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Former MNA Raja Muhammad Afzal passes away". 24 News HD. Retrieved 18 May 2021.