{{short description|Pakistani politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tahir Sadiq | honorific_suffix = | image = | office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start = 13 August 2018 | term_end = 25 January 2023 | constituency = NA-55 (Attock-I) | birth_date = | birth_place = | party = PTI (2017-present) | other_party = PMLN (1997)<br>IND (2013) | relatives = Parvez Elahi (brother-in-law),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Yaqoob |title=Ex-Attock nazim forms his own group |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/784455 |accessdate=27 July 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=7 February 2013}}</ref> ''Chaudhry family'' | children = Muhammad Zain Elahi (son)<ref name="dawn/17may2013">{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=The Newspaper's |title=Youngest MNA elected from NA-59 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1027329 |accessdate=27 July 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=17 May 2013}}</ref><br />Eman Waseem (daughter)<ref name="dawn/17may2013"/> }}
'''Tahir Sadiq Khan ''' is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
== Early life == Khan was born into a Punjabi family of the Khattar clan and is married to the sister of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warraich |first=Suhail |date=2 August 2018 |title=Choosing right person for Punjab CM real test for Imran |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/349553-choosing-right-person-for-punjab-cm-real-test-for-imran |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=The News International}}</ref>
He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1971.<ref name="pap/1997">{{cite web |title=Legislators from ATTOCK (PP-12 to PP-15) |url=http://pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/1997-2001/dist2.htm#pp12 |website=pap.gov.pk |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=18 August 2018}}</ref> After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years.<ref name="pap/1997"/>
==Political career== He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-12 (Attock-I) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 36,051 votes and defeated Muhammad Shawez Khan.<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97">{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=18 August 2018 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).<ref>{{cite news |title=Tahir Sadiq decides to join PTI - Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer – |url=https://pakobserver.net/tahir-sadiq-decides-join-pti/ |accessdate=27 July 2018 |work=pakobserver.net |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212129/https://pakobserver.net/tahir-sadiq-decides-join-pti/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news |title=PTI's Tahir Sadiq bags two NA, one PA seats |url=https://nation.com.pk/31-Jul-2018/ptis-tahir-sadiq-bags-two-na-one-pa-seats |accessdate=1 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=30 July 2018}}</ref> He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed<ref>{{cite web |title=NA-55 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 1 - NA-55 Candidates - NA-55 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/NA-55 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |accessdate=1 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) and defeated Malik Sohail Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).<ref>{{cite web |title=NA-56 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 2 - NA-56 Candidates - NA-56 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/NA-56 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |accessdate=1 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In the same election, he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-3 (Attock-III).<ref>{{cite news |title=PTI's candidate Tahir Sadiq wins PP-3 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/ptis-candidate-tahir-sadiq-wins-pp-3-election/ |accessdate=1 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref> He received 62,337 votes and defeated Asif Ali Malik.<ref>{{cite web |title=PP-3 Result - Election Results 2018 - Attock 3 - PP-3 Candidates - PP-3 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/PP-3 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |accessdate=1 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
Following his election, he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 (Attock-I) and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 (Attock-II) and Punjab assembly seat PP-3 (Attock-III).
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