# NA-48 Islamabad-III

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

## Area

This constituency consists of mostly rural areas of Islamabad Capital Territory including the residential compartments alongside Islamabad Expressway running up to Rawat and ending at the borders of Rawalpindi. Bani Gala is split into this constituency and NA-53 (Islamabad-II). These areas were previously part of now-abolished constituency of NA-49 Islamabad-II before the delimitation of 2018.
On a more granular basis, following areas are included in this constituency:
* Sihala
* Rawat
* Alipur and Farash
* Jandala
* Muhrian
* Kuri
* Pind Begwal
* Maira Begwal CH
* Tumair
* Tarlai Kalan
* Ghauri Town
* Bahria Town (Phase 1-6)
* PWD Housing Society
* Korang Town
* Tarlai Khurd

## Members of Parliament
### 1977-2002: NA-35 Islamabad

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1977 | Zahoor Ahmad | PPP |
| 1985 | Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar | IND |
| 1988 | Raja Pervaiz Khan | PPP |
| 1990 | Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokar | IJI |
| 1993 | Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokar | PML-N |
| 1997 | Syed Zafar Ali Shah | PML-N |

### 2018–2023: NA-52 Islamabad-I

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2018 | Khurram Shehzad Nawaz | PTI |

### 2024–present: NA-48 Islamabad-III

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Khurram Shehzad Nawaz | PML(N) |

## Election 2002

General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won by 47,884 votes.
General election 2002: NA-49 Islamabad-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PPP | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari | 47,884 | 44.65 |
| | Independent | Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar | 30,016 | 27.99 |
| | PML(N) | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | 16,832 | 15.70 |
| | PTI | Rab Nawaz Ch. | 7,540 | 7.03 |
| | PAT | Raja Muhammad Yamin Abbasi | 2,009 | 1.87 |
| | Others | Others (five candidates) | 2,960 | 2.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 108,496 | 55.31 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 107,241 | 98.84 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,255 | 1.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,868 | 16.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 196,177 | |

## Election 2008

The result of general election 2008 in this constituency is given below.

### Result

Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhary succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly.
General election 2008: NA-49 Islamabad-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PML(N) | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | 45,482 | 33.54 | |
| | PPP | Nayyar Hussain Bukhari | 44,726 | 32.99 | |
| | PML(Q) | Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar | 34,546 | 25.48 | |
| | Independent | Malik Tabarak Hussain | 8,294 | 6.12 | |
| | Others | Others (seven candidates) | 2,543 | 1.87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,574 | 56.23 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 135,591 | 99.28 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 983 | 0.72 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 756 | 0.55 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 242,877 | | |
| | PML(N) gain from PPP | PML(N) gain from PPP | PML(N) gain from PPP | PML(N) gain from PPP | PML(N) gain from PPP |

## Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Tariq Fazal Chudhary of PML-N easily defended his berth in the National Assembly and was hence re-elected.
General election 2013: NA-49 Islamabad-II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PML(N) | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | 94,106 | 43.90 |
| | PTI | Ch. Ilyas Meharban | 57,383 | 26.77 |
| | PPP | Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar | 44,984 | 20.99 |
| | Others | Others (twenty three candidates) | 17,890 | 8.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 215,770 | 64.56 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 214,364 | 99.35 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,406 | 0.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36,723 | 17.13 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 334,241 | |
| | PML(N) hold | PML(N) hold | PML(N) hold | PML(N) hold |

## Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
General election 2018: NA-52 Islamabad-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PTI | Khurram Shehzad Nawaz | 64,690 | 42.93 | |
| | PPP | Muhammad Afzal Khokhar | 34,072 | 22.61 | |
| | PML(N) | Tariq Fazal Chaudhry | 33,519 | 22.24 | |
| | TLP | Rizwan Ahmed | 11,984 | 7.95 | |
| | Others | Others (five candidates) | 3,897 | 2.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 150,692 | 64.26 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,530 | 1.68 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,618 | 20.32 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 234,508 | | |
| | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) |

## Election 2024

General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Khurram Shehzad Nawaz won the election with 69,701 votes.
General election 2024: NA-48 Islamabad-III :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Khurram Shehzad Nawaz | 69,701 | 38.37 | N/A |
| | Independent | Muhammad Ali Bokhari | 59,865 | 32.95 | 9.98 |
| | Independent | Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar | 18,573 | 10.22 | N/A |
| | TLP | Azhar Mehmood | 13,201 | 7.27 | 0.68 |
| | Others | Others (thirty-two candidates) | 20,324 | 11.19 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,875 | 61.11 | 3.15 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,211 | 0.66 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,836 | 5.41 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 299,247 | | |
| | Independent gain from PTI | Independent gain from PTI | Independent gain from PTI | Independent gain from PTI | Independent gain from PTI |