Usman Badini Explained

Mir Muhammad Usman Badini is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2017 to May 2018.

Political career

He ran for the seat of Senate of Pakistan as an independent candidate in 2009 Pakistani Senate election^{[1] [2]} but was unsuccessful.

He re-ran for the seat of Senate of Pakistan as an independent candidate in 2012 Pakistani Senate election^[3] but was unsuccessful.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) from Constituency NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Mastung) in by-polls held in July 2017. He received 43,191 votes and defeated Mir Bahadur Khan, a candidate of the Balochistan National Party (BNP).^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Senate polls today: 69 in the run for 19 seats. 15 July 2017. DAWN.COM. 4 March 2009. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912161944/https://www.dawn.com/news/955620. 12 September 2017.
2. News: 87 to contest 20 Senate seats. 15 July 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170106005521/http://nation.com.pk/politics/23-Feb-2009/87-to-contest-20-Senate-seats. 6 January 2017.
3. News: Rind sees conspiracy against Bhootani. 15 July 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912161944/http://nation.com.pk/national/23-Dec-2012/rind-sees-conspiracy-against-bhootani. 12 September 2017.
4. News: JUI-F's Haji Muhammad Usman Badini wins by-polls in NA-260. 16 July 2017. Daily Pakistan Global. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170715170442/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/jui-fs-haji-muhammad-usman-badini-ahead-in-na-260-by-polls/. 15 July 2017.
5. News: Shah. Syed Ali. JUI-F wins NA-260 seat after tough contest with BNP-Mengal. 16 July 2017. DAWN.COM. 16 July 2017. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170716135341/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345688/jui-f-wins-na-260-seat-after-tough-contest-with-bnp-mengal. 16 July 2017.
6. News: Chaudhry. Fahad. PTI to contest NA 260 election result with 'undeniable evidence of election rigging'. 13 February 2018. DAWN.COM. 17 July 2017.