Alam Dad Lalika (; born 12 March 1987) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018. He is the son of Mian Abdul Sattar Laleka who was also a prominent figure of PML(N) and was close to Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. Alam Dad Laleka gained much popularity in the constituency in the early years after his father’s passing.

Early life

He was born on 12 March 1987. Grew up in Lahore, at a young age he enjoyed cars and was keen on them. Having to deal with his father's death especially at a very young age and taking on the responsibilities that came with it was a big challenge.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N) from Constituency NA-189 (Bahawalnagar-II) in

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. He received 95,060 votes and defeated Mian Mumtaz Ahmad Matyana, a candidate of

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(PTI). During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Communications. In April 2018, reportedly he quit PML-N but this report turned out to be fake. However he rejected the claims. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-167 (Bahawalnagar-II) in

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. He received 91,540 votes and defeated Mian Mumtaz Ahmad Matyana, a candidate of PTI. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from

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. He received 100,679 votes and defeated Shahid Amin, an independent candidate supported by PTI.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians People from Lahore Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Place of birth missing (living people) 1987 births Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{Pakistan-MNA-stub