Mahboob Alam (politician)

Mahboob Alam
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-242 (Karachi-IV)
Personal details
Born	(1968-01-01) 1 January 1968 (age 57)
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	MQM-P (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	PSP (2018-2023) MQM-L (2013-2018)

Mahboob Alam (Urdu: محبوب عالم; born 1 January 1968) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1968.^[1]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency NA-242 (Karachi-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^[2][3][4][5] He received 166,836 votes and defeated Akram Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[6]

In April 2018, he quit MQM and joined Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP).^[7]

References

1. "Detail Information". 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
2. "MQM retains hold on Sindh urban pockets". The Nation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
3. "PML-N tops list of MNAs with over 100,000 votes". DAWN.COM. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
4. "National Assembly seats from Sindh". DAWN.COM. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
5. "Muttahida fields old, new faces". DAWN.COM. 19 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
6. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
7. "Divided Muttahida shrinks further as three more lawmakers join PSP". DAWN.COM. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.