Najeeb Haroon

Najeeb Haroon is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Najeeb Haroon
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
13 August 2018
ConstituencyNA-256 (Karachi Central-IV)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse(s)Hamida Najeeb[1]
Net worth₨1.32 billion (US$8.0 million)[2]

Early life and education

He has done Masters in Civil Engineering from the Oregon State University and is an engineer by profession.[3]

In 1987, he returned to Pakistan from the United States and started his construction business.[3]

Political career

He began his political journey during his days at the NED University of Engineering and Technology when he became the President of the Student Union.[3]

He was one of the members who founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in mid-1990s.[4][3]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-114 (Karachi-XXVI) in by-polls held in July 2017. He received 5,098 votes and lost the seat to Saeed Ghani.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 Pakistani general election.[6][7] He received 89,850 votes and defeated Amir Wali Uddin Chishti, a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).[8]

He was noted as Pakistan’s highest tax paid politician.[3]

In April 2020, he announced to resign as a member of the National Assembly citing reasons that a lack of funds provided to him for development projects in his constituency.[9][4]

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References
  1. Khan, Iftikhar A. (3 July 2019). "National Assembly has 10 declared billionaires: ECP". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. Ali, Kalbe (22 August 2018). "New NA has eight declared billionaires". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. "PTI's Najeeb Haroon Pakistan's highest tax paying politician". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. Ayub, Imran (19 April 2020). "PTI's MNA in Karachi quits after failing to effect change". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  5. Ghori, Habib Khan (10 July 2017). "PPP's Saeed Ghani wins PS-114 by-election, Muttahida runner-up". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. "Imran Khan's PTI on top as election results come in". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. "LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. "NA-256 Result - Election Results 2018 - Karachi Central 4 - NA-256 Candidates - NA-256 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  9. "PTI MNA Najeeb Haroon resigns over lack of development funds in Karachi". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.


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