Political career
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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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]
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