Malik Ghulam Abbas ( ur, ) was a Pakistani politician who was elected to the

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in 2018 general election but died before assuming office.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of

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(PPP) from Constituency PP-205 (Multan-XII) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 13,302 votes and lost the seat to

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. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-205 (Multan-XII) in

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. He received 29,523 votes and lost the seat to Mehdi Abbas Khan. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-205 (Multan-XII) in

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. He received 33,127 votes and lost the seat to Mehdi Abbas Khan. He joined

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(PTI) following the 2013 general elections. He ran for the seat of the

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as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-153 (Multan-VI) in by-elections held in March 2016, but was unsuccessful. He received 37,212 votes and lost the seat to Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-222 (Multan-XII) in

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. He received 47,429 votes and defeated Mehdi Abbas Khan.

Death

On 15 August 2018, he died in

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before swearing in as member of the Punjab Assembly. He suffered a heart attack four days before his death after which he was hospitalized in Islamabad.

References

20th-century births 2018 deaths Politicians from Multan {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians