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Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

from October 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was member of the Punjab Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 19 April 1968 in Wan Bhachran,

Mianwali District The Mianwali District ( ur, ), is a district located in Sargodha Division of Punjab province, Pakistan. It was separated from NWFP in 1901, and has a border with the Chakwal, Attock,Kohat, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, Bhakkar, an ...

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. He graduated in 1989 from

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and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI) from PP-45 (Mianwali-III) in the

2013 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pak ...

. He received 59,746 votes and defeated

Ali Haider Noor Khan Niazi Ali Haider Noor Khan Niazi ( Punjabi, ur, علی حیدر نور خان نیازی)(born 15 December 1978), is a Pakistani politician. He is the member of Punjab Provincial Assembly since general elections 2008. Education Ali Haider was born in ...

. In 2018, he was allocated the PTI ticket to contest the

2018 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Baloch ...

from PP-87 (Mianwali-III), but the election was postponed in the constituency following the death of a contesting candidate. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-87 (Mianwali-III) on 12 October 2018. He was elected unopposed after rest of the contesting candidates withdrew. He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from

PP-87 Mianwali-III PP-87 Mianwali-III () is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab. General elections 2024 General elections 2018 General elections 2013 General elections 2008 See also * PP-86 Mianwali-II * PP-88 Mianwali-IV PP-88 M ...

as a candidate of the PTI in the

2024 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections will be held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023, the results of the 2023 digital census were approved by the Council of Common Interests headed by ...

. On 20 March, SIC nominated him as the temporary opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly. Mian Aslam Iqbal was unable to take the oath as a member of the assembly, so Bachar served as the Opposition leader until Malik Aslam Iqbal took the oath.

References

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