Najeeb Haroon

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| name = Najeeb Haroon

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| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

| term_start = 13 August 2018

| term_end = 19 April 2020

| constituency = NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV)

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| birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

| nationality = Pakistani

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Najeeb Haroon ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|نجیب ہارون}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till April 2020. He is also the Chairman of Pakistan Engineering Council.{{cite news|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40177772/ieeep-fair-to-start-from-aug-30-pec|title=IEEEP Fair to start from Aug 30: PEC|date=4 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022|work=Business Recorder (newspaper)}}

Early life and education

He has done Masters in Civil Engineering from the Oregon State University and is an engineer by profession.

In 1987, he returned to Pakistan from the United States and started his construction business.

Political career

He began his political journey during his days at the NED University of Engineering and Technology when he became the President of the Student Union.

He was one of the members who founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in mid-1990s.{{cite news |title=PTI's Najeeb Haroon Pakistan's highest tax paying politician |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/02/ptis-najeeb-haroon-pakistans-highest-tax-paying-politician/ |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |date=2 July 2018}}

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-114 (Karachi-XXVI) in by-polls held in July 2017. He received 5,098 votes and lost the seat to Saeed Ghani.{{cite news |last1=Ghori |first1=Habib Khan |title=PPP's Saeed Ghani wins PS-114 by-election, Muttahida runner-up |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1344259 |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=10 July 2017}}

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-256 (Karachi Central-IV) as a candidate of PTI in the 2018 Pakistani general election.{{cite news |title=Imran Khan's PTI on top as election results come in |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/204922-imran-khans-pti-on-top-as-election-results-come-in |accessdate=26 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/25/live-updates-polling-ends-counting-of-votes-begins/ |accessdate=4 August 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}} He received 89,850 votes and defeated Amir Wali Uddin Chishti, a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).{{cite web |title=NA-256 Result - Election Results 2018 - Karachi Central 4 - NA-256 Candidates - NA-256 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/NA-256 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |accessdate=12 August 2018 |language=en}}

He was noted as Pakistan’s highest tax paid politician.

In April 2020, he announced to resign as a member of the National Assembly citing reasons that a lack of funds provided to him for development projects in his constituency.{{cite news |title=PTI MNA Najeeb Haroon resigns over lack of development funds in Karachi |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/646179-pti-founding-member-najeeb-haroon-resigns-as-mna-citing-lack-of-development-work-in-karachi |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Ayub |first1=Imran |title=PTI's MNA in Karachi quits after failing to effect change |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1550418/ptis-mna-in-karachi-quits-after-failing-to-effect-change |accessdate=19 April 2020 |work=DAWN.COM |date=19 April 2020 |language=en}}