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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Waseem Akhtar Shaikh
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 1 June 2013
| term_end = 31 May 2018
| constituency = [[Constituency NA-139|NA-139 (Kasur-II)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kasur
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}
'''Waseem Akhtar Shaikh ''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|وسیم اختر شیخ}}}}; born 1 February 1964) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from June 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 1 February 1964.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=139|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=19 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419140651/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=139|archivedate=19 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-139|Constituency NA-139 (Kasur-II)]] in [[2002 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 25,007 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-139 (Kasur-II) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Equipment for Kasur hospital|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/291486|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 February 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407054616/https://www.dawn.com/news/291486|archivedate=7 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A bellwether race in central Punjab|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/793867|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 April 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407054923/https://www.dawn.com/news/793867|archivedate=7 April 2017}}</ref> He received 51,436 votes and defeated Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed, a candidate of PPP.<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=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|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 was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-139 (Kasur-II) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ranas, Maliks dominate Kasur polls|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011039|accessdate=26 February 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227072340/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011039|archivedate=27 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PPP to start criminal proceedings against RO, ARO|url=http://nation.com.pk/lahore/10-Oct-2013/ppp-to-start-criminal-proceedings-against-ro-aro|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306134324/http://nation.com.pk/lahore/10-Oct-2013/ppp-to-start-criminal-proceedings-against-ro-aro|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab|url=http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034027/http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N snatches 13 Kasur seats|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/14-May-2013/pml-n-snatches-13-kasur-seats|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306135642/http://nation.com.pk/national/14-May-2013/pml-n-snatches-13-kasur-seats|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N, PTI, JUI-F and AML chiefs win elections|url=http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/12-May-2013/pml-n-pti-jui-f-and-aml-chiefs-win-elections|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328141054/http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/12-May-2013/pml-n-pti-jui-f-and-aml-chiefs-win-elections|archivedate=28 March 2017}}</ref> He received 102,565 votes and defeated Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed, a candidate of PPP.<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=12 May 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>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013]]

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