{{Short description|Pakistani politician (born 1970)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Muhammad Asim Nazir | honorific_suffix = | office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start = 13 August 2018 | term_end = 10 August 2023 | constituency = NA-101 (Faisalabad-I) | term_start1 = 10 October 2002 | term_end1 = 31 May 2018 | constituency1 = NA-77 (Faisalabad-III) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|20|df=y}} | native_name = {{nq|محمد عاصم نذیر}} | party = | other_party =PTI (2018-)<br>PML(Q) (2002-2018) }}
'''Muhammad Asim Nazir''' ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد عاصم نذیر}}}}; born 20 November 1970) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
==Early life== He was born on 20 November 1970 in a Famous Political family of Faisalabad.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/MNA/rsDetail.asp?detid=77|website=www.pildat.org|publisher=PILDAT|accessdate=26 April 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427103855/http://www.pildat.org/MNA/rsDetail.asp?detid=77|archivedate=27 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=If elections are held on time…|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/404658|accessdate=4 December 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref> He is son of former member of national assembly Nazir Ahmad.
==Political career== He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-77 (Faisalabad-III) in the 2002 Pakistani general election.<ref name="dawn/25april2013">{{cite news|title=Mosaic of shifting loyalties|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/794135|accessdate=29 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 April 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305195139/https://www.dawn.com/news/794135|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref> He received 63,296 votes and defeated Muhammad Akram Chaudhry, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-77 (Faisalabad-III) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.<ref name="dawn/25april2013" /><ref>{{cite news|title=146 get PML-N tickets, though they quit party after coup|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/427308-146-get-pml-n-tickets-though-they-quit-party-after-coup|accessdate=29 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306032535/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/427308-146-get-pml-n-tickets-though-they-quit-party-after-coup|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref> He received 63,776 votes and defeated Muhammad Tallal Chaudry.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-77 (Faisalabad-III) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=District council chairman slot Five MNAs lobbying to get their man elected|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1275026|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=3 August 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305192708/https://www.dawn.com/news/1275026|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Parliamentary board session: PML-N begins screening out poll aspirants - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/533516/parliamentary-board-session-pml-n-begins-screening-out-poll-aspirants/|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=10 April 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305120531/https://tribune.com.pk/story/533516/parliamentary-board-session-pml-n-begins-screening-out-poll-aspirants/|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N wins 10 NA seats - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/547771/nawaz-sharif-wins-na-68-sargodha/|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=11 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114115/https://tribune.com.pk/story/547771/nawaz-sharif-wins-na-68-sargodha/|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N sweeps polls in Faisalabad|url=http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/12-May-2013/pml-n-sweeps-polls-in-faisalabad|accessdate=29 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330083118/http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/12-May-2013/pml-n-sweeps-polls-in-faisalabad|archivedate=30 March 2017}}</ref> He received 98,057 votes and defeated Chaudhry Zaheer Ud Din, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Q.<ref>{{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 May 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}}</ref>
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-101 (Faisalabad-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He obtained 147,355 Votes and defeated Ghulam Rasool Sahi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf by a heavy margin of 80,785 Votes.<ref name="MNA-elect joins PTI">{{cite news |title=MNA-elect joins PTI |url=https://nation.com.pk/03-Aug-2018/mna-elect-joins-pti |accessdate=3 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=3 August 2018}}</ref> Following his successful election, he announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in August 2018.<ref name="MNA-elect joins PTI"/>
== Electoral history ==
=== 2018 === {{Election box begin no change |title=General election 2018: NA-101 (Faisalabad-I)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-101&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Muhammad Asim Nazir |votes = 147,812 |percentage = 55.31 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |candidate = Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi |votes = 86,575 |percentage = 32.39 }} {{Election box candidate no change |party = Others |candidate = Others (twelve candidates) |votes = 26,457 |percentage = 9.90 }} {{Election box end}}
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