Abdul Wasey
Abdul Wasey is a Pakistani Islamic Scholar and politician who is the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) in Balochistan province and had previously served as the Minister for Housing and Works from 2022 to 2023.
He was also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2023.
He has also remained member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from 1993 [Balochistan Provincial Assembly election|1993 to 1996] and Balochistan [Provincial Assembly">Balochistan, Pakistan">Balochistan [Provincial Assembly election|1997 to 1999] and then consecutively for three terms, from 2002 to 2018.
Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Islamic Jamhoori Mahaz from Constituency PB-15 Killa Saifullah in the 1993 [Pakistani general election].He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) from Constituency PB-15 Killa Saifullah in the Pakistani general election">Pakistanis">Pakistani general election.
He was twice re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal from Constituency PB-20 Killa Saifullah in the 2002 Pakistani general election and 2008 Pakistani general election.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) from Constituency PB-20 Killa Saifullah in the 2013 Pakistani general election respectively.
He then briefly served as the Leader of Opposition in Balochistan Assembly from 2013 to 2018.
He also served as ٓSenior Minister of Planning and Development in Balochistan twicely from 2002 to 2007 and 2008–2013.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-257 (Killa Saifullah-cum-Zhob-cum-Sherani) as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
On 19 April 2022, he was appointed as Minister of Housing and Works in First [Shehbaz Sharif ministry|Shehbaz Sharif ministry] which he served till 9 August 2023.