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Junaid Afzal Sahi

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Junaid Afzal Sahi is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from February 2024 to August 2025.

Junaid Afzal Sahi
جنید افضل ساہی
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office
24 February 2024 – 5 August 2025
ConstituencyPP-98 Faisalabad-I
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (2024-present)
RelationsAli Afzal Sahi (brother)
Ghulam Rasool Sahi (uncle)
ParentMuhammad Afzal Sahi (father)

Political career

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He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed independent candidate from constituency PP-98 Faisalabad-I in the 2024 Pakistani general election.[1][2][3]

On 31 July 2025, Sahi and 195 others were convicted by a court in Faisalabad and sentenced to up to 10 years' imprisonment over the 2023 Pakistani protests. On 5 August 2025, Election Commission of Pakistan disqualified him due to his conviction.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Election Result 2024". ARYNEWS. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Election Result 2024". www.geo.tv. Geo News. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Election Result 2024". Samaa. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Pakistan watchdog disqualifies National Assembly opposition leader, other Imran Khan aides after riot convictions". Arab News. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Pakistani opposition leader and nearly 200 Imran Khan supporters sentenced over 2023 riots". AP News. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.