Mohammad Raza Hayat Harraj (; born 21 July 1969) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2002 to May 2018.

Early life and education

According to

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, he was born on 21 July 1968. According to

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, he was born on 21 July 1969. He received his LLB degree from University of Leicester in 1992.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-156 (Khanewal-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 86,438 votes and defeated

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, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). He became part of Musharraf cabinet and served as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-156 (Khanewal-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 71,381 votes and defeated Fakhar Imam, a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the member of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-156 (Khanewal-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 79,675 votes and defeated Fakhar Imam, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He was accused of rigging in the election and Fakhar Imam filled rigging petition against him in the

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. In May 2013, he joined PML-N. In March 2018, he quit PML-N and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

References

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