Arif Alvi

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Arif Alvi

Arif Alvi ( Urdu عارف علوی; * August 29, 1949 in Karachi ) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Lower House of the National Assembly since June 2013 and his re-election in 2018 . Alvi has been President of Pakistan since September 9, 2018 .

Life

Arif Alvi is a trained dentist who mainly treated private patients. He was President of the Asia-Pacific Dental Federation and the Pakistani Association of Dentists.

Arif Alvi was initially influenced by the left student movement of the 1969s, which at the time agitated against the military regime of Muhammed Ayub Khan . At the time, he was chairman of the student union at De'Montmorency College of Dentistry . He was shot and wounded during the student protests.

His political career began as an election worker . In 1977 he was a candidate for the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA), a right-wing party, and received a seat on the Karachi Council. In 1996 he was a founding member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf , having previously toured both right and left positions. He is also one of the authors of the PTI's constitution.

In 1996 he became a board member of PTI and one year later President of PTI in Sindh . In the 1997 elections he was one of 100 candidates for the PTI, but lost to the Muslim League-Nawaz . He also ran for the Sindh provincial government in constituency PS-114 (Karachi), but received only 2,000 votes. In 2001 he became Vice President of PTI. In 2002 he tried PS-90 (Karachi West) and got fewer votes than at the first attempt.

From 2006 to 2013 he was General Secretary of the PTI. In the parliamentary elections in Pakistan in 2013 , he finally won his first seat in the National Assembly. With 77,659 votes, he defeated his opponent Khushbakht Shujaat from the Muttahida Qaumi movement . In 2018 he was re-elected and finally elected as the new President by the election committee.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arif Alvi: An activist who wants to be an 'Active President'. In: Ary News. September 5, 2018, accessed July 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ Arif Alvi wins presidential election
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  4. ↑ From the Newspaper: Imran Khan: the myth and the reality . In: DAWN.COM . November 6, 2011 ( dawn.com [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  5. ↑ KARACHI: Reserved seats for girls in medical colleges likely . In: DAWN.COM . July 31, 2006 ( dawn.com [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  6. ^ A b Extraordinary Pakistanis: Dr Arif Alvi | The Express Tribune . In: The Express Tribune . June 25, 2015 ( tribune.com.pk [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Hasan Mansoor: Arif Alvi: The 'founder' of PTI also rises . In: DAWN.COM . August 19, 2018 ( dawn.com [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  8. ↑ a b c Hasan Mansoor: Arif Alvi: The 'founder' of PTI also rises . In: DAWN.COM . August 19, 2018 ( dawn.com [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Detailed Results of the Elections to the Provincal Assembly Sindh (1985-1997) . ( gov.pk [PDF]).
  10. ↑ Detailed Results of the Elections to the Provincal Assembly Sindh . ( gov.pk [PDF]).
  11. ↑ Election Commission of Pakistan (Ed.): General Elections 2002 Report Volume II . S. 268 ( gov.pk [PDF]).
  12. ↑ Karachi partial re-polling: PTI's Arif Alvi wins NA-250 seat | The Express Tribune . In: The Express Tribune . May 20, 2013 ( tribune.com.pk [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  13. ↑ Call for probe into more discarded ballot papers . ( thenews.com.pk [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  14. ^ Fahad Chaudhry: PTI's Arif Alvi officially declared winner of the 13th presidential election . In: DAWN.COM . September 5, 2018 ( dawn.com [accessed January 21, 2019]).
predecessor Office successor
Mamnoon Hussain President of Pakistan
2018–
personal data
SURNAME Alvi, Arif
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani politician, President
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Karachi