Jamshed Dasti
Pakistani politician
Jamshed Dasti (Urdu: جمشید دستی; born 15 February 1972) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 2008 and 2018 and won elections in 2023 for the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-175 as an independent candidate with the support of the PTI. He was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan as a member of the National Assembly due to a fake degree on 15 July 2025.
Early life
He was born on 15 February 1972.
Political career
Dasti is known to have changed political parties frequently. He has been affiliated with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League (N) and most recently in PTI.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a PPP ticket from NA-178 Muazaffargarh-III in the 2008 Pakistani general election.
In 2010, he resigned from the National Assembly for possessing a fake BA degree after which the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered him to present his graduation degree.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-178 in a by-election held in 2010. In 2012, he quit PPP.
In April 2013 Dasti was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 5,000 Rupees fine for presenting a fake graduation degree during the 2008 election. Following the court verdict he was arrested from outside the courtroom. On foreseeing the court verdict he announced his decision of not contesting in the general elections of 2013 a day earlier the court announced the verdict.
On 10 April 2013, the Multan bench of Lahore High Court heard Dasti's appeal and overturned his conviction of 3 years and 5000 Rs fine hence paving the way for him to contest the elections.
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