Khatu Mal Jeewan is a Pakistani politician who served as 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 ...

and member of the Senate of Pakistan.

Early life and education

He was born on 1 October 1956 in Umerkot, Sindh. He is a doctor by profession and hold MBBS degree. He graduated from the Dow University of Health Sciences.

Political career

He began his political career after joining the student wing of

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 ...

(PPP) in the 1980s. He was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, B ...

as a candidate of PPP on a minority seat. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PPP for the first time in

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

. He was disappeared during his tenure in 1991 and was forced to quit PPP. He was elected to the National Assembly for the second time in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

and for the third time in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. In 1998, he became federal Parliamentary Secretary for Population Welfare. After PPP formed government following 2008 election, he was made advisor to Chief Minister of Sindh for Mines and Minerals Development Department in 2008. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 2009 as a candidate of PPP where he continued until his resignation in 2011. He was re-elected to the

on a seat reserved for minorities as a candidate of PPP in 2011. He is the only Hindu Dalit politician in Pakistan who elected as a public representative for seven times.

References

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