Syed Yawar Abbas Bukhari is a Pakistani politician who has been 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 ...

since August 2018 and Provincial Minister for Baitul maal and social welfare since December 2020. He has been an active member of PTI. He comes from a well known Syed Family of District Attock. He is an educated and learned person well known for his social services. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Punjab apart from a few other important committees.

Political career

He was elected to the

as 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 ...

from Constituency PP-1 (Attock-I) 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 ...

. He defeated Hameed Akbar a

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by taking 39567 votes. In December 2020, he was inducted into provincial cabinet of Punjab and appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Maal and Social Welfare.

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Year of birth missing (living people) {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub