Makhdoomzada Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari (; born 28 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician who 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 ...

from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to April 2018.

Early life

He was born on 28 May 1969.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency NA-179 (Muzaffargarh-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 63,778 votes and defeated Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-179 (Muzaffargarh-IV) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 60,637 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi. In the same election, he ran for the seat 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 ...

as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) but was unsuccessful. He received 1,163 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi. He was re-elected to the National Assembly 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-179 (Muzaffargarh) 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 ...

. He received 110,197 votes and defeated Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi. In April 2018, he quit PML-N and resigned from the National Assembly. He joined

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) in May 2018. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-185 (Muzaffargarh-V) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. Following his successful election, he announced to re-join PTI.

External links

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1969 births Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Politicians from Muzaffargarh {{Pakistan-MNA-stub

Early life

Political career

External links

More Reading

References