Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan | |
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Minister for States and Frontier Regions | |
In office 19 November 2019 –10 April 2022 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Deputy | Shehryar Khan Afridi |
Minister for National Food Security and Research | |
In office 5 October 2018 –18 November 2019 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Succeeded by | Khusro Bakhtiar |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
Constituency | NA-108 Jhang-I |
In office 15 August 2018 –25 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-114 (Jhang-I) |
In office 2002–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-91 (Jhang-VI) |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 September 1971 |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | PTI (2018-present) |
Other political affiliations | PMLN (2013-2018) PML(Q) (2002-2008) |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Jhang |
Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research,from 5 October 2018 to 18 November 2019. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this positions from August 2018 till January 2023. He was earlier a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2013 on PTI Ticket.
Mehboob Sultan was born on 30th September 1971 and belongs to a known political family of Pakistan. He spent most of his childhood in Lahore and studied in Aitchison College. He is a descendant of the famous Sufi mystic,poet and scholar Sultan Bahoo. [1]
Sultan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in 2002 Pakistani general election. [2] [3] He received 53,545 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat. [4]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of PML-Q in 2008 Pakistani general election. [3] He received 75,803 votes and defeated Atta Ullah Khan,a candidate Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). [5]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-III) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in 2013 Pakistani general election, [6] but was unsuccessful. He received 87,048 votes and lost the seat to Najaf Abbas Sial. [7]
In March 2018,he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [8]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-114 (Jhang-I) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 Pakistani general election. [9] [10] He received 106,043 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat,a candidate Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). [11]
On 5 October 2018,Sultan was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan [12] and was appointed as Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research. [13]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-108 Jhang-I as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 169,676 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat,a candidate of PML(N). [14]