Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar () is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Human Rights, in

Abbasi cabinet The Abbasi ministry was formed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 4 August 2017 to begin a new government following the disqualification of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif until the end of May 2018 when justice Nasirul Mulk took oath as ...

from August 2017 to May 2018. He had 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 ...

, between 1988 and May 2018.

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-83 (Gujrat-IV) in

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 ...

. He received 50,520 votes and defeated a candidate 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). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-83 (Mandi Bahauddin-cum-Gujrat) 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 ...

. He received 64,233 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP. He decided to not contest 2002 general election and withdrew his nomination papers in favour of a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

. He did not contested 2008 general election and withdrew his nomination papers in favour of an independent candidate Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-108 (Mandi Bahauddin-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 73,789 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-108 (Mandi Bahauddin-I) in by-elections held in June 2015, after the seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary due to fake degree case. He received 77,884 votes and defeated Tariq Tarar, 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 ...

. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, Tarar was offered the cabinet portfolio of Ministry of Science and Technology, however he declined it. Later, he was inducted into the cabinet of Abbasi as Minister for Human Rights with the status of a federal minister. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Tarar ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Human Rights.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarar, Mumtaz Ahmed Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani MNAs 1988–1990 Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999 Government ministers of Pakistan