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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Senator
|name = Asad Ashraf
| office = Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]
|term_start = 12 March 2018
|term_end =
|constituency = General seat from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]]
|term_start1 = 2008
|term_end1 = 2013
|constituency1 = [[Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II)|PP-138 (Lahore-II)]]
|term_start2 = 2002
|term_end2 = 2007
|constituency2 = PP-138 (Lahore-II)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|6|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Lahore]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Asad Ashraf''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اسد اشرف}}}}; born 21 June 1963) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who has been a member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]], since March 2018. Previously he had been a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]] from 2002 to 2013.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 21 June 1963 in Lahore.<ref name="pap/2002">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/340|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=1 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223130/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/340|archivedate=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dr Ashraf wins Senate election on Nehal Hashmi’s vacated seat|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/208953/dr-ashraf-wins-senate-election-on-nehal-hashmis-vacated-seat/|accessdate=1 March 2018|work=Daily Times|date=1 March 2018}}</ref>

He earned the degree of MBBS from [[Allama Iqbal Medical College]] in 1986<ref name="dailypakistan/1march2018">{{cite news|title=PML-N backed candidate Asad Ashraf wins Senate by-election in Punjab|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/polling-for-nehal-hashmi-vacated-senate-seat-begins-in-punjab-assembly/|accessdate=1 March 2018|work=Daily Pakistan Global|date=1 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301134148/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/polling-for-nehal-hashmi-vacated-senate-seat-begins-in-punjab-assembly/|archivedate=1 March 2018}}</ref> and did his PgDip in Cardiology from National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi in 1994.<ref name="pap/2002" />

==Political career==
He joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in 1996 after the assassination of his brother, Javed Ashraf who was a member of the PML-N.<ref name="dailypakistan/1march2018" />

He had been Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab [[Shehbaz Sharif]] from 1997 to 1999.<ref name="dailypakistan/1march2018" />

He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]] as a candidate of PML-N from [[Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II)]] in [[2002 Pakistani general election]]. He received 10,651 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=1 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref> During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he remained deputy parliamentary leader of PML-N in the Punjab Assembly.<ref name="dailypakistan/1march2018" />

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]]. He received 19,552 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=1 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate Constituency PP-138 (Lahore-II) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 12 votes and lost the seat to [[Ghazali Saleem Butt]]. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from [[Constituency NA-118|Constituency NA-118 (Lahore-I)]] but was unsuccessful. He received 16 votes and lost the seat to [[Muhammad Riaz Malik]].<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=1 March 2018|url-status=live|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>

Ashraf was elected to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] general seat as an independent candidate in by-election held on 1 March 2018. He received 298 votes against a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] who secured 38 votes. Ashraf was backed by PML-N<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N backed Dr Asad Ashraf wins by-poll for Nehal Hashmi’s Senate seat in PA|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/01/pml-n-backed-dr-asad-ashraf-wins-by-poll-for-nehal-hashmis-senate-seat-in-pa/|accessdate=1 March 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|date=1 March 2018}}</ref> which initially nominated him, but he had to run in the polls independently after the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] declared his nomination papers void following the disqualification of [[Nawaz Sharif]] by the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Asad Ashraf wins from Nehal Hashmi's Senate seat - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1648005/1-election-nehal-hashmis-senate-seat-underway-punjab-assembly/|accessdate=1 March 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=1 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301133428/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1648005/1-election-nehal-hashmis-senate-seat-underway-punjab-assembly/|archivedate=1 March 2018}}</ref> He took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/291451-51-newly-elected-senators-take-oath-pml-n-finalises-raja-zafarul-haq-for-chairman|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=The News|date=12 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]

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