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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Afzal Gill
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 25 July 2018
| term_end = 15 August 2023
|constituency=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hasilpur]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Muhammad Afzal Gill''' is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 1997 to 1999 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 1 February 1964 in [[Hasilpur]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1114|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620014139/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1114|archivedate=20 June 2017}}</ref>

He has the degree of [[Bachelor of Arts]] and the [[Academic degree|degree]] of [[LL. B.]] [[Bachelor of Laws]] which he obtained in 1995 from the [[Islamia University of Bahawalpur|Islamia University Bahawalpur]].<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|(PML-N)]] from Constituency PP-224 (Bahawalpur-VII) in [[1993 Pakistani general election]]. He received 17,984 votes and lost the seat to Riaz Ahmed, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref name="ecp/88-97">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly election result 1988-97|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=26 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|archivedate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-224 (Bahawalpur-VII) in [[1997 Pakistani general election]]. He received 39,334 votes and defeated the candidate of PPP, Riaz Ahmed.<ref name="ecp/88-97" />

He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]] from Constituency PP-274 (Bahawalpur-VIII) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=20 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120053951/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf|archivedate=20 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=16 January 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-248 (Bahawalpur-IV) in [[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> He defeated PTI candidate Zain Bukhari.

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 1997–1999]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Islamia University of Bahawalpur alumni]]

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