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Abdul Rashid Godil

social worker, member of the Pakistan National Assembly

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ4665668
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Abdul Rashid Godil (Urdu: عبد الرشید گوڈیل; born 7 September 1960) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2008 to May 2018.

Early life

Godil was born in Karachi on 7 September 1960 or on 17 September 1960.

Early school at V M Public school dhoraji

High school national college

Graduation from university of Karachi

Political career

In 1991, he was elected as a member of the All Pakistan Memon Federation and later, was elected as its president.

He began his political career in 2005 and became a union council Nazim the same year.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-252 (Karachi) on ticket of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the 2008 Pakistani general election.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-252 (Karachi) on ticket of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the 2013 Pakistani general election.

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