Sadiq Ali Memon
OfficeMember of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term start29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-225 Thatta
MotherShams un Nisa[1]
Native nameصادق علي ميمڻ
Office 1Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for DEPD
Office 2Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Term start 1August 2021
Term end 1August 2023
Term start 22010
Term end 230 November 2012
Governor 1Imran Ismail
Kamran Tessori
1namedata 1Murad Ali Shah
1blankname 1Chief Minister of Sindh
Constituency 2PS-84 Thatta-I
PartyPPP (2010-present)

Sadiq Ali Memon (Sindhi:صادق علي ميمڻ; ) is a Pakistani politician from Thatta who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was also a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2010 to 2012 and a Minister from 2011 to 2012. He was elected to the National Assembly seat in 2013 general elections from NA-237 (NA-232 now) but was disqualified for being a dual national. He served as a Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Sindh for Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) from August 2021 to August 2023.

He is a graduate of the Oklahoma State University.[2]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from PS-86 in a 2010 by-election. He resigned from the Assembly on 30 November 2012.[3][4][5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PPP from NA-237 (Thatta-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][3] He was unseated as he was disqualified to continue in office because of his Canadian nationality.[4][8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from NA-225 Thatta in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 140,773 votes and defeated Rasool Bux Jakhro a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Women For All Seasons"
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. ^ Newspaper, the (14 May 2013). "National Assembly seats from Sindh". DAWN.COM. Archived 7 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Sindh: Strongholds and changing political trends – The Express Tribune". 22 August 2013. Archived 13 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ Siddiqui, Tahir (2013-01-16). "Notices issued to ECP on plea against by-poll". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-02.[dead link]
  6. ^ "By-elections: A glance at the three hot seats". DAWN.COM. 22 August 2013. Archived 10 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  7. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (13 May 2013). "Thatta PPP candidates blame rigging for defeat". DAWN.COM. Archived 13 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  8. ^ "By-elections 2013: PPP, MQM ready for face-off in Aug 22 by-polls - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 19 August 2013. Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 August 2017.