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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Siddique Khan Baloch
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = October 2015
|constituency = [[Constituency NA-154|Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I)]]
|office1 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
|term_start1 = 1997
|term_end1 = 1999
|constituency1= PP-171 (Lodhran-I)
|term_start2 = 1988
|term_end2 = 1993
|constituency2 = PP-171 (Multan-XII)
|nationality = Pakistani
}}

'''Muhammad Siddique Khan Baloch''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد صدیق خان بلوچ}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 2008 to October 2015 and a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 1999.

==Early life==
He was born in 1959.<ref name="profile/pap.gov.pk">{{cite web|title=Legislators from LODHRAN (PP-170 to PP-173)|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/1997-2001/dist23.htm|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]] (IJI) from Constituency PP-171 (Multan-XII) in [[1988 Pakistani general election]]. He received 15,410 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Amanullah Khan.<ref name="ecp/pa-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|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> He served as the Provincial Parliamentary Secretary of Punjab for Colonies<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Assemblies|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1988-1990.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref> and Agriculture Department from 1988 to 1990.<ref name="profile/pap.gov.pk" />

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-171 (Multan-XII) in [[1990 Pakistani general election]]. He received 37,793 votes and defeated Amanullah Khan, a candidate of [[Pakistan Democratic Alliance]].<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" />

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency PP-171 (Lodhran-I) in [[1993 Pakistani general election]]. He received 33,417 votes and lost the seat to Amanullah Khan, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" />

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from PP-171 (Lodhran-I) in [[1997 Pakistani general election]]. He received 48,604 votes and defeated Amanullah Khan, a candidate of PPP.<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" /> During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served as Provincial Parliamentary Secretary of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development until [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]].<ref name="profile/pap.gov.pk" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Assemblies|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1997-1999.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>

He could not contest the [[2002 Pakistani general election]] for being non-eligible due to graduation requirement.<ref name="geo/22dec2015">{{cite news|title=Polling concludes for by-election in NA-154 Lodhran|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/8773-polling-concludes-for-by-election-in-na-154-lodhran|access-date=17 December 2017|work=www.geo.tv}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from [[Constituency NA-154|Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I)]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/618059-winning-margin-on-88-out-of-272-national-assembly-seats-is-10,000-votes-or-less|access-date=8 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075743/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/618059-winning-margin-on-88-out-of-272-national-assembly-seats-is-10,000-votes-or-less|archive-date=3 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N assured of win-win situation on many seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/431455-pml-n-assured-of-win-win-situation-on-many-seats|access-date=8 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309060607/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/431455-pml-n-assured-of-win-win-situation-on-many-seats|archive-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> He received 81,983 votes and defeated Mirza Muhammad Nasir Baig, a candidate of PPP.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as independent candidate from Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Correspondent|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=NA-154: Over 20,000 votes were polled with invalid CNICs or without CNICs|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1141120|access-date=29 June 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 October 2014|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070041/http://www.dawn.com/news/1141120|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PTI's Tareen trounces PML-N's Baloch in NA-154 Lodhran by-poll: unofficial results|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|access-date=29 June 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 December 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110531/https://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|archive-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> He joined PML-N after winning the election.<ref name="geo/22dec2015" /> In August 2015, he was unseated after he was declared disqualified to continue in office because of fake degree case.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election tribunal orders re-election in NA-154, deseats PML-N lawmaker|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1202948|access-date=13 September 2016|date=26 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112064815/http://www.dawn.com/news/1202948|archive-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> In October 2015, Supreme Court of Pakistan order by-polls in the constituency and allowed Baloch to contest.<ref>{{cite news|title=NA-154: SC declares Siddique's election void, orders re-polling|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1215952/na-154-sc-declares-siddiques-election-void-orders-re-polling|access-date=17 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=28 October 2015}}</ref> He received 86,177 votes and defeated [[Jahangir Khan Tareen]]. In the same election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from [[Constituency PP-210 (Lodhran-IV)]]. He received 32,712 votes and defeated Rana Mohamamd Aslam Khan, a candidate of PML-N.<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|access-date=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2018}}</ref> In October 2015, he was disqualified as member of the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|title=NA-154: SC declares Siddique's election void, orders re-polling|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1215952|access-date=23 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-154 (Lodhran-I) in by-polls held in December 2015, but was unsuccessful by over 35,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=PTI's Tareen trounces PML-N's Baloch in NA-154 Lodhran by-poll: unofficial results|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1228329|access-date=17 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 December 2015}}</ref>

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-227 (Lodhran-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/ |access-date=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>

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