Malik Hakmeen Khan (died 4 January 2019) was a

Punjabi Muslim Punjabi Muslims ( pa, ) are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. Primarily geographically native to the Punjab province of Pakistan today, many have ancestry in the entire Punjab region, ...

Pakistani politician who was a founder of the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

. In the year 1970, he contested the Punjab assembly elections from Campbellpur 2 (present-day

Attock Attock ( Punjabi and Urdu: ), formerly known as Campbellpur (), is a historical city located in the north of Pakistan's Punjab Province, not far from the country's capital Islamabad. It is the headquarters of the Attock District and is 61st larg ...

) and won on the PPP Ticket. In 1977 he again contested the elections and retained his seat. Later on, he was part of the 1988 elections and was victorious. He was the only man from Attock to have held MPA three consecutive times. A close aide to

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

, Hakmeen Khan held 5 different portfolios including housing, physical planning, auqaf, food, and jail. In 1994, he was declared as Senator by

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

. He was amongst the very few politicians, who remained loyal to Pakistan Peoples Party till his last breath. Known as a PPP Jiyala, he was the only one from his native

to have stood by the party. Malik Hakmeen Khan was one of the closest working members of PPP. Hakmeen Khan died on 4 January 2019, and his funeral was attended by nearly 25,000 people in his native village Sheen Bagh Attock.

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1939 births 2019 deaths Pakistan People's Party politicians Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Punjab) People from Attock District Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan Politicians from Lahore {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub