# Asmatullah
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{{Short description|Pakistani politician (died 2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_suffix =
| name = Maulvi Asmatullah
| office = Member of the [National Assembly of Pakistan](/source/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan)
| term_start = 13 August 2018
| term_end = 10 August 2023
| constituency = [NA-264 (Quetta-I)](/source/NA-264_(Quetta-I))
| term_start1 = 2008
| term_end1 = 2013
| constituency1 = [NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Sherani-cum-Killa Saifullah)](/source/Constituency_NA-264)
| death_date = 4 June 2024
| death_place = [Killa Saifullah](/source/Killa_Saifullah), [Balochistan](/source/Balochistan%2C_Pakistan), Pakistan
| native_name_lang = ur
| native_name = {{nobold|مولوی عصمت اللہ}}
}}
'''Asmatullah''' (died 4 June 2024) was a [Pakistani](/source/Pakistani) [politician](/source/politician) who was a member of the [National Assembly of Pakistan](/source/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan) from 2008 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2023.
==Life and career==
Asmatullah was elected to the [National Assembly of Pakistan](/source/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan) from [Constituency NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Sherani-cum-Killa Saifullah)](/source/Constituency_NA-264) as an independent candidate in the [2008 Pakistani general election](/source/2008_Pakistani_general_election).[{{cite news|title=Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/618059-winning-margin-on-88-out-of-272-national-assembly-seats-is-10,000-votes-or-less|accessdate=12 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075743/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/618059-winning-margin-on-88-out-of-272-national-assembly-seats-is-10,000-votes-or-less|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|title=Prayers for Bin Laden in National Assembly - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/166047/prayers-for-bin-laden-in-national-assembly/|accessdate=12 August 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=11 May 2011|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812141033/https://tribune.com.pk/story/166047/prayers-for-bin-laden-in-national-assembly/|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|title=Non-compliance: 212 lawmakers yet to prove they are not dual nationals - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/463567/non-compliance-212-lawmakers-yet-to-prove-they-are-not-dual-nationals/|accessdate=12 August 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=10 November 2012|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143035/https://tribune.com.pk/story/463567/non-compliance-212-lawmakers-yet-to-prove-they-are-not-dual-nationals/|url-status=live}}] He received 24,204 votes and defeated [Muhammad Khan Sherani](/source/Muhammad_Khan_Sherani).[{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}]
Asmatullah contested the seat of the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly) from Constituency NA-264 (Zhob-cum-Sherani-cum-Killa Saifullah) as a candidate of [Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati](/source/Jamiat_Ulama-e-Islam_Nazryati) in the [2013 Pakistani general election](/source/2013_Pakistani_general_election) but was unsuccessful. He received 27,514 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Khan Sherani.[{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 April 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}]
Asmatullah was reelected to the National Assembly as a candidate of [Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal](/source/Muttahida_Majlis-e-Amal) from Constituency [NA-264 (Quetta-I)](/source/NA-264_(Quetta-I)) in the [2018 Pakistani general election](/source/2018_Pakistani_general_election).[{{cite news |title=Election results: Imran Khan's PTI on top |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/204922-imran-khans-pti-on-top-as-election-results-come-in |accessdate=3 August 2018 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726104110/https://www.geo.tv/latest/204922-imran-khans-pti-on-top-as-election-results-come-in |url-status=live }}]
Asmatullah died on 4 June 2024.[{{cite web | url=https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/2024/06/former-jui-mna-maulvi-asmatullah-brother-pass-away-the-same-day/ | title=Former JUI MNA Maulvi Asmatullah, brother pass away the same day | access-date=2024-06-05 | archive-date=2024-06-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605044136/https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/2024/06/former-jui-mna-maulvi-asmatullah-brother-pass-away-the-same-day/ | url-status=live }}]
== See also ==
* [List of Deobandis](/source/List_of_Deobandis)
==References==
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{{Pakistani political parties}}
{{Political families of Pakistan}}
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Category:20th-century births
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Deobandis
Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
Category:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023
Category:People from Quetta District
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