Pakistani politician
Khwaja Ghulam Rasool Koreja (Urdu: خواجہ غلام رسول کوریجہ; born 21 October 1970) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 21 October 1970.[2]
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-192 (Rahim Yar Khan-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5][6][7] He received 80,823 votes and defeated Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Alam Anwar, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[8]
In October 2017, he was appointed as chairperson of the standing committees of the National Assembly on narcotics control.[9] Mr. Syed Mobeen Ahmed from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defeated him in the 2018 Pakistani general election by 8000 votes.[10] Mr. Ghulam Rasool left the PPP in August 2022. He met Imran Khan on 15 September 2022, and formally joined the PTI.[11]
He left the PTI and rejoined the PPP on 31 May 2023 due to the 2023 Pakistani protests.[12]
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