Jamshed Dasti
Jamshed Dasti | |
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| جمشید دستی | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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In office 3 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 |
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| Constituency | NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III |
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In office 4 June 2010 – 17 March 2013 |
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| Constituency | NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III |
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In office 23 April 2008 – 25 March 2010 |
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| Constituency | NA-178 Muzaffargarh-III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1972 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | PTI (2023-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Awami Raj Party (2018-2023) Independent (2013-2018) PMLN (2013) PPP (2008-2012) |
Jamshed Ahmad Khan Dasti (Urdu: جمشید احمد خان دستی; born 15 February 1972) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 2008 and May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 15 February 1972.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on ticket of Pakistan People's Party from NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III in 2008 Pakistani general election.
In 2010, he resigned from the National Assembly for possessing a fake BA degree after which the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered him to present his graduation degree.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-178 in a by-election held in 2010. In 2012, he quit PPP.
In April 2013 Dasti was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 5,000 Rupees fine for presenting a fake graduation degree during the 2008 election. Following the court verdict he was arrested from outside the courtroom. On foreseeing the court verdict he announced his decision of not contesting in the general elections of 2013 a day earlier the court announced the verdict.
On 10 April 2013, the Multan bench of Lahore High Court heard Dasti's appeal and overturned his conviction of 3 years and 5000 Rs fine hence paving the way for him to contest the elections. In 2013, he joined the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-177 Muazaffargarh-II and NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III in the 2013 Pakistani general election.
In the 2018 Pakistani general election he ran from NA-182 Muzaffargarh-II as a candidate of the Awami Raj Party. He received 50,618 votes and lost to Mehr Irshad Ahmed Sial, a candidate of the PPP.
On 22 March 2023, Dasti joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after a meeting with Imran Khan, the party chairman and former Prime Minister.
He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-274 Muzaffargarh-VII as a candidate of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.
Controversies
He was nominated as accused in a murder case in 2015.
In June 2017, Dasati was arrested while he was returning to Muzzafargarh from Islamabad, for allegedly opening a water canal forcibly in Muzzaffargarh, to irrigate the farming lands. His bail request was approved by an Anti-Terrorism Court a few days later.