Adil Abdullah Rokhri, the youngest-ever legislator
May 02, 2013
LAHORE: Research reveals that since the first direct elections of December 7, 1970, Adil Abdullah Khan Rokhri of PML-N is most probably the youngest-ever Pakistani legislator to be elected to any legislative house during the country’s 43 years of electoral history.
Born on January 4, 1987, Adil Rokhri had emerged triumphant in the February 25, 2012 bye-elections from PP-44 Mianwali, when he was just 25 years, one month and 21 days old.
The PP-44 Mianwali seat then was lying vacant due to the untimely death of Adil Rokhri’s father and former MNA/MPA Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri of the PML-N.
Adil, the grandson of the late Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, had bagged 45, 501 of the 84,630 votes polled at 145 polling stations of Mianwali, defeating an independent candidate Malik Tariq Masood Kand, who could muster support of 36,067 voters only.
Adil Abdullah Khan Rokhri’s mother Zeenat Rokhri is the grand-daughter of Pakistan’s second President and first Military dictator, Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan (1907-74).
Zeenat is the daughter of President Ayub Khan’s son Akhtar Ayub Khan, niece of former Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan and the cousin of Omar Ayub Khan, a former State Minister for Finance in Premier Shaukat Aziz’s cabinet. Omar is now a PML-N candidate from NA-19 Haripur, having switched loyalties from the PML-Q.
Adil is again contesting from PP-44 Mianwali in the 2013 elections from a PML-N ticket.PPP’s Abdul Qadir Patel (born August 8, 1968) had entered politics as a member of the Sindh Assembly on October 18, 1993, when he was 25 years and two months old.
Patel had won a by-election in PS-86 Karachi (Lyari Town), when he had managed to defeat Ali Mohammad Hingoro of Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto Group).He was elected to the National Assembly in February 2008 for the NA-239 (Karachi-I) Kemari Town seat.
A.K. Faezul Huq (1945-2007), a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and columnist, was 25 years and 9 months old when he was elected to the National Assembly during the December 7, 1970 polls from an East Pakistan constituency.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (born January 1, 1944) was 26 years and 11 months old when he was elected unopposed in the 1970 elections on a PPP ticket.
Late Ziyad Durrani (1982-2012), son of son of former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akram Khan Durrani, was also around 26 when he was elected MPA in the 2008 general elections from PF-70 Bannu.
He had died last year due to cardiac arrest at the age of 30 only.Amir Hayat Hiraj (born January 2, 1982), a winner from PP-216, Mian Channu (district Khanewal), was just over 26 when victory had greeted him during the February 2008 polls.Remember, the 2008 Punjab Assembly had 27 members between the age of 25 and 30,
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Born on January 4, 1987, Adil Rokhri had emerged triumphant in the February 25, 2012 bye-elections from PP-44 Mianwali, when he was just 25 years, one month and 21 days old.
The PP-44 Mianwali seat then was lying vacant due to the untimely death of Adil Rokhri’s father and former MNA/MPA Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri of the PML-N.
Adil, the grandson of the late Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, had bagged 45, 501 of the 84,630 votes polled at 145 polling stations of Mianwali, defeating an independent candidate Malik Tariq Masood Kand, who could muster support of 36,067 voters only.
Adil Abdullah Khan Rokhri’s mother Zeenat Rokhri is the grand-daughter of Pakistan’s second President and first Military dictator, Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan (1907-74).
Zeenat is the daughter of President Ayub Khan’s son Akhtar Ayub Khan, niece of former Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan and the cousin of Omar Ayub Khan, a former State Minister for Finance in Premier Shaukat Aziz’s cabinet. Omar is now a PML-N candidate from NA-19 Haripur, having switched loyalties from the PML-Q.
Adil is again contesting from PP-44 Mianwali in the 2013 elections from a PML-N ticket.PPP’s Abdul Qadir Patel (born August 8, 1968) had entered politics as a member of the Sindh Assembly on October 18, 1993, when he was 25 years and two months old.
Patel had won a by-election in PS-86 Karachi (Lyari Town), when he had managed to defeat Ali Mohammad Hingoro of Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto Group).He was elected to the National Assembly in February 2008 for the NA-239 (Karachi-I) Kemari Town seat.
A.K. Faezul Huq (1945-2007), a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and columnist, was 25 years and 9 months old when he was elected to the National Assembly during the December 7, 1970 polls from an East Pakistan constituency.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (born January 1, 1944) was 26 years and 11 months old when he was elected unopposed in the 1970 elections on a PPP ticket.
Late Ziyad Durrani (1982-2012), son of son of former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akram Khan Durrani, was also around 26 when he was elected MPA in the 2008 general elections from PF-70 Bannu.
He had died last year due to cardiac arrest at the age of 30 only.Amir Hayat Hiraj (born January 2, 1982), a winner from PP-216, Mian Channu (district Khanewal), was just over 26 when victory had greeted him during the February 2008 polls.Remember, the 2008 Punjab Assembly had 27 members between the age of 25 and 30,
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