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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mir Akbar Askani
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]]
| term_start = 29 May 2013
| term_end =
| constituency = PB-48 (Kech-III)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mand (Kech District)]]
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = [[Balochistan Awami Party]]
}}

'''Akbar Askani''' (born 1 January 1982)<ref name="profile/pabalochistan">{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/27/525|website=www.pabalochistan.gov.pk|publisher=Provincial Assembly of Balochistan|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623110258/http://www.pabalochistan.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/27/525|archivedate=23 June 2017}}</ref> is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]] since May 2013.

Askani was elected in 2013 and 2018. In 2013 he participated in the general elections as an affiliate of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] from PB-50 (Mand, Dasht, Tump), and in 2018, he entered the general elections as an affiliate of the [[Balochistan Awami Party]] from PB-48 (Tump cum Nasirabad). The Balochistan Awami Party is the ruling party of Balochistan, where the party won majority seats from all over Balochistan and set to form a government with the coalition parties.

In 2013 Askani served the Ministry of Fisheries, Mine, and Natural Resources. He currently only serves the fisheries ministry. He is one of the youngest politicians in Balochistan's political history and has become a member of the Balochistan Assembly.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Balochistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency PB-50 Kech-III in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ECP issues notice to PPP leader for violating code of conduct|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/85811-ECP-issues-notice-to-PPP-leader-for-violating-code-of-conduct|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115052253/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/85811-ECP-issues-notice-to-PPP-leader-for-violating-code-of-conductutm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%3A+TheNewsInternational-National+%28Pakistan+News+-+The+News+International%29|archivedate=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Another Hashmi quits PTI|url=https://nation.com.pk/06-Dec-2014/another-hashmi-quits-pti|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115052253/https://nation.com.pk/06-Dec-2014/another-hashmi-quits-pti|archivedate=15 January 2018}}</ref> He received 1,385 votes.<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=20 March 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> In May 2013, he was elected Vice President of PML-N Balochistan.<ref name="profile/pabalochistan" />

In December 2014, the [[Balochistan High Court]] disqualified him from holding a membership of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Balochistan election tribunal disqualifies PML-N lawmaker Akbar Askani - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/802298/balochistan-election-tribunal-disqualifies-pml-n-lawmaker-akbar-askani/|accessdate=20 March 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=5 December 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321071737/https://tribune.com.pk/story/802298/balochistan-election-tribunal-disqualifies-pml-n-lawmaker-akbar-askani/|archivedate=21 March 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of the [[Balochistan Awami Party]] (BAP) from Constituency PB-48 (Kech-IV) in the [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Balochistan MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Balochistan Awami Party MPAs (Balochistan)]]
[[Category:Balochistan MPAs 2018–2023]]

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->Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Pakistani politician" (Shortdesc helper)