Sheikh Rashid Shafique

Sheikh Rashid Shafique
Sheikh Rashid Shafique
Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Narcotics Control
	In office; 30 August 2019 – 10 April 2022
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan (Prime Minister and Federal Minister)
Minister	Shehryar Afridi (State Minister)
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
	In office; 29 October 2018 – 17 January 2023
Constituency	NA-60 (Rawalpindi-IV)
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Awami Muslim League (2023-present)
Other political; affiliations	PTI (2018-2023); PML-Q (2002-2008)
Relations	Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad (uncle)

Sheikh Rashid Shafique is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 until January 2023.

Political career

Shafique was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-60 (Rawalpindi-IV) in 2018 Pakistani by-elections held on 14 October 2018.^[2]^[3]

Controversies

Rashid Shafique was arrested from Islamabad airport as soon as his return for promoting the disrespect of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif in Holy Place of Madina, nominating him as an open promoter for liberalism, when linked to blasphemy of Islam. He was also nominated in a case filed against PTI leaders in Faisalabad.^[4]

References

^ "Sheikh Rasheed 's nephew gets PTI ticket to contest NA-60 by-election". arynews.tv. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ Chaudhry, Fahad (18 October 2018). "ECP notifies victory of 22 candidates, withholds notices of 13 others for not disclosing campaign costs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ ARY news online web desk (2022-05-01). "SHEIKH RASHEED'S NEPHEW RASHID SHAFIQUE ARRESTED FROM ISLAMABAD AIRPORT". arynews.tv.

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[1] "Sheikh Rasheed 's nephew gets PTI ticket to contest NA-60 by-election". arynews.tv. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[2] "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[3] Chaudhry, Fahad (18 October 2018). "ECP notifies victory of 22 candidates, withholds notices of 13 others for not disclosing campaign costs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[4] ARY news online web desk (2022-05-01). "SHEIKH RASHEED'S NEPHEW RASHID SHAFIQUE ARRESTED FROM ISLAMABAD AIRPORT". arynews.tv.

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