Abdul Rashid Godil
{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Abdul Rashid Godil
| office =Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start = 2008
|term_end = 31 May 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|09|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg}} PTI (2018-present)
}}
Abdul Rashid Godil ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|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 {{cite news|title=Abdul Rashid Godil: A profile|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1201249|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=18 August 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412224431/https://www.dawn.com/news/1201249|archivedate=12 April 2017}} on 17 September 1960.{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=252|accessdate=11 July 2017|date=19 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419134931/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=252|archivedate=19 April 2014}}
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 2008 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=Godil replaces Sattar as MQM parliamentary leader in NA - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/701634/godil-replaces-sattar-as-mqm-parliamentary-leader-in-na/|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=29 April 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412152837/https://tribune.com.pk/story/701634/godil-replaces-sattar-as-mqm-parliamentary-leader-in-na/|archivedate=12 April 2017}}{{cite news|title=MQM MNA Rashid Godil fights for life after gun attack - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/940556/mna-rashid-godil-mqm-lawmaker-fights-for-life-after-gun-attack/|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=19 August 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412152848/https://tribune.com.pk/story/940556/mna-rashid-godil-mqm-lawmaker-fights-for-life-after-gun-attack/|archivedate=12 April 2017}}
He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-252 (Karachi) on ticket of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|last1=Ali|first1=Imtiaz|title=MQM's Rashid Godil critical after Karachi attack|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1201226|accessdate=12 April 2017|work=Dawn|date=18 August 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412224404/https://www.dawn.com/news/1201226|archivedate=12 April 2017}}
In June 2018, he quit MQM and joined PTI.{{cite news |title=Former MQM-P MNA Rashid Godil defects to PTI |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/197853-mqm-leader-rashid-godil-expected-to-join-pti-today |accessdate=3 June 2018 |work=Geo News}}