Sultan Mehmood

Malik Sultan Mehmood Hanjra (Urdu: ملک سلطان محمود ہانجر‎; born 1 January 1948) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Sultan Mehmood
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I)
Personal details
Born (1948-01-01) January 1, 1948
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1948.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3][4][5] He received 88,322 votes and defeated Ghulam Mustafa Khar. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-260 (Muzaffargarh-X) but was unsuccessful. He received 81 votes and lost the seat to Syed Muhammad Sibtain Raza.[6]

In 2014, he was disqualified by the Election tribunal Bahawalpur to be a member of the National Assembly.[7] Following which the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the notification of Hanjra's disqualification.[8] In 2016, his National Assembly membership was restored.[9]

References
  1. "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "100 new MNAs-elect to make debut in NA today". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. "Constituency profile: The Old Guard will fight it out - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "NA-176: Supreme Court suspends PML-N MNA's disqualification notice - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "Crushing defeats deal a severe blow to PPP". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. "PML-N MNA Malik Sultan disqualified from NA-176 Bahawalpur". The Nation. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  8. "NA-176: Supreme Court suspends PML-N MNA's disqualification notice - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  9. "Supreme Court restores NA membership of Sultan Hanjra - Daily Times". Daily Times. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.


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