Syed Haroon Ahmed Sultan Bokhari is a Pakistani politician who was a Member 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 ...

, from 2002 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 2 February 1972 in

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. He has a degree of Master of Business Administration which he obtained in 2002 from

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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 ...

from Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He remained Provincial Minister of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development from 2003 to 2007. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) in

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. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a centre-right and liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party ...

from Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) in

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. In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Auqaf and Religious Affairs. He remained Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs until the cabinet reshuffle in November 2016 when he was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Maal. In December 2016, his ministerial portfolio was changed to Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering. On 1 May 2023, he joined the

Pakistan People's 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 i ...

(PPP). He left the PPP and joined the

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result o ...

(JUI(F)).

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1972 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub