Mukesh Kumar Chawla (; born 27 February 1974) is a Pakistani politician hailing from

Jacobabad District Jacobabad District ( sd, جيڪب آباد ضلعو, ur, ) is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the north of Sindh, by the provincial boundary with Balochistan. Its headquarters is the town of Jacobabad, which was ...

presently from

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Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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belong to

Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) is a Pakistani political party and an electoral extension of the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP). It was created in 2002 by Amin Fahim after Pervez Musharraf's military dictatorship imposed restrictio ...

. He was serving as ''Minister of Excise and Taxation'' and Member of 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 ...

. Chawla has served as the excise and taxation minister for around 9 years as of 2017.

Education and political career

Mukesh Kumar Chawla achieved his MA (

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) degree from

University of Sindh The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

Jamshoro Jamshoro ( sd, ڄام شورو, ur, ) is a city and the capital of Jamshoro District, located in Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately northwest of Hyderabad and northeast from the provincial capi ...

. He served as member of the

during the Twelfth Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and the Thirteenth Assembly from 2008 to 2013.
For the Sindh Assembly, Mr. Chawla has served as Excise and Taxation Minister and as Minister overseeing narcotics enforcement and information technology.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chawla, Mukesh Kumar 1974 births Living people Sindhi people Pakistan People's Party politicians Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 People from Sindh People from Hyderabad District, Pakistan Pakistani Hindus