Abdul Razzaq Khan
Nawabzada Abdul Razzaq Khan Niazi was a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.
Early life and education
He was born on 7 July 1950 in Murree.He graduated in 1970 from Forman Christian College and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Political career
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party from Constituency PP-177 in the 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 23,329 votes and lost the seat to Irfan Ahmad Khan, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad.He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance from Constituency PP-177 in the 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 23,844 votes and lost the seat to Irfan Ahmad Khan, a candidate of IJI.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-177 in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 10,957 votes and lost the seat to Irfan Ahmad Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-177 in the 1997 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 15,792 votes and lost the seat to Irfan Ahmad Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).
He ran for the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) from Constituency PP-218 (Khanewal-VII) in the 2002 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful. He received 48,120 votes and was defeated by Aslam Bodla.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-218 in the 2008 Punjab provincial election but was unsuccessful. He received 32,043 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Jamil Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an Independent candidate from Constituency PP-218 in the 2013 Punjab provincial election. He received 34,661 votes and defeated Peer Muhammad Jameel Shah, a candidate of PML-N.
In May 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-209 Khanewal-VII in the 2018 Punjab provincial election, but was unsuccessful. He received 39,064 votes and was defeated by Muhammad Faisal Khan Niazi, a candidate of the PML.
On 23 May 2023, he left the PTI due to the 2023 Pakistani protests.