NA-48 (Islamabad-III)
# NA-48 (Islamabad-III)

NA-48 (Islamabad-III) (این اے-48، اسلام آباد-3) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.

## Area

The constituency consists of a mix of urban and rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory from Sector G-10 to Tarnol and also includes Sector I-10. During 2018 delimitation, NA-49 (Islamabad-II) constituency was divided between this constituency and NA-53 (Islamabad-II). On the granular basis, the following areas of Islamabad are included in this constituency:

* Tarnol
* Golra Sharif
* Sectors E-8, E-9, E-10, F-8, F-9, F-10, G-10, H-10, and I-10

## Members of Parliament

### 2002–2018: NA-48 (Islamabad-I)

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Mian Muhammad Aslam of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 40,365 votes.

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2002 | Mian Muhammad Aslam | MMA |
| 2008 | Anjum Aqeel Khan | PML-N |
| 2013 | Makhdoom Javed Hashmi | PTI |
| 2013 By-election | Asad Umar | PTI |

### 2018-2023: NA-54 (Islamabad-III)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 2018 | Asad Umar | PTI |

## Election 2008

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below. Anjum Aqeel Khan succeeded in the election 2010 and became the member of National Assembly.

General Election 2008: Islamabad-I :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| PML-N | Anjum Aqeel Khan | 61,480 | 60 |
| PPPP | Dr. Syed Israr Hussain | 26,485 | 26 |
| PML-Q | Rizwan Sadiq Khan | 10,483 | 10 |
| Others | Others | 5,961 | 4 |

## Election 2013

Javed Hashmi succeeded in the election 2013 and became the member of National Assembly.

General Election 2013: Islamabad-I :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Makhdoom Javed Hashmi | 73,692 | 59 | |
| | PML(N) | Anjum Aqeel Khan | 52,170 | 41 | |

## By-election 2013

The seat fell vacant after Javed Hashmi choose to retain his Multan constituency, a re-election was held on 22 August 2013 and Asad Umar secured a win with 48,073 votes his closest rival was PML-N Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar who came second at 41,186 votes

| Contesting Candidates | Party Affiliation | Votes Polled |
| - | - | - |
| Mian Ghulam Rasool Advocate | Pakistan Justice Party | 7 |
| Mian Ehsan ul Haq | Independent candidate | 7 |
| Malik Muhammad Zubair Advocate | Independent candidate | 53 |
| Faisal Sakhi Butt | Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians | 3943 |
| Abdul Rauf Khan | Independent candidate | 107 |
| Shah Dil Awan | Independent candidate | 63 |
| Syed Zaigham Ali Shah Gillani | Independent candidate | 5 |
| Syed Zia Gillani | Independent candidate | 34 |
| Sarfaraz wald Sohni | Independent candidate | 7 |
| Rab Nawaz Malik | Independent candidate | 26 |
| Doctor Muhammad Rashid Qammar | Pakistan Freedom Party | 17 |
| Hussain Ahmed | Independent candidate | 34 |
| Hafiz Muhammad Yasin Bhatti | Independent candidate | 37 |
| Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar | PML-N | 41186 |
| Pir Syed Faisal Shah Hamdani | Independent candidate | 178 |
| Pir Syed Doctor Tasneem ul Haq Hasni | Independent candidate | 8 |
| Ameen Shahid Gill | Independent candidate | 77 |
| Altaf Hussain Awan Pakistani | Independent candidate | 110 |
| Alhaj Muhammad Asad Bhatti | Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) | 161 |
| Asad Umar | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 48073 |
| Ihsan ul Haq | JUI-F | 82 |
| Asia Choudhry | Independent candidate | 34 |

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-54 (Islamabad-III) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Asad Umar | 56,945 | 47.98 |
| | PML(N) | Anjum Aqeel Khan | 32,991 | 27.80 |
| | Independent | Hafeezur Rehman | 8,279 | 6.98 |
| | MMA | Mian Muhammad Aslam | 7,320 | 6.17 |
| | PPP | Raja Imran Ashraf | 4,019 | 3.39 |
| | TLP | Sajid Mehmood | 3,637 | 3.06 |
| | Independent | Zubair Farooq Khan | 2,415 | 2.03 |
| | Others | Others (twenty candidates) | 2,141 | 1.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 118,679 | 54.24 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 932 | 0.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,954 | 20.18 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 218,795 | |
| | PTI hold | PTI hold | Swing | |

## By-election 2023

A by-election will be held on 16 March 2023 due to the resignation of Asad Umar, the previous MNA from this seat.

By-election 2023: NA-54 (Islamabad-III) :

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| - | - | - |
| | PTI | Asad Umar |
| | PML(N) | Anjum Aqeel Khan |
| | PPP | Raja Imran Ashraf |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors |
