Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 –10 August 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-88 (Sargodha-I) |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 2002 –31 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan | 29 September 1976
Political party | PMLN (2013-present) |
Other political affiliations | PML(Q) (2013-2008) PMLN (2002) |
Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath (born 29 September 1976) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from 2002 to May 2018. He has been serving as minister of State since March 2025. [1]
He was born on 29 September 1976 in Lahore. [2]
He has the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which he received in 2001 from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College. [2]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha-I) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. [3] [4] He received 32,480 votes and defeated Haroon Ehsan Paracha,a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). [5]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha-I) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. [3] [6] He received 45,686 votes and defeated Haji Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal,a candidate of PPP. [7]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. [8] He received 58,531 votes and defeated Hassan Inam Piracha,a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [9] In June 2017,he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif [3] and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare. [2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from NA-88 (Sargodha-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. [10]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-82 Sargodha-I in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 108,954 votes and defeated Nadeem Afzal Chan,a candidate of PPP. [11]