Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance
In office
27 August 2018 – April 2022
GovernorChaudhry Mohammad Sarwar
Chief MinisterUsman Buzdar
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-259 Rahim Yar Khan-V
In office
29 May 2013 – 30 May 2018
ConstituencyPP-291 (Rahimyar Khan-VII)
Personal details
Born (1977-09-27) 27 September 1977
Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party IPP (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
PMLN (2022-2023)
PTI (2018-2022)
PMLN (2013-2018)
PPP (2008-2013)
RelativesKhusro Bakhtiar (Brother)
Makhdum Omar Shehryar (Brother)

Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance, in office from 27 August 2018 till April 2022. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

Bakht was born on 27 September 1979.[1]

He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University.[1]

He studied in Aitchison College Lahore for schooling.

Political career

Bakht was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-291 (Rahimyar Khan-VII) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election.[2][3] He joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in May 2013.[4]

He resigned from the Provincial Assembly in May 2018.[5] In April 2018, he quit PML-N.[6]

Bakht was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-259 (Rahim Yar Khan-V) and from PP-261 (Rahim Yar Khan-VII) in 2018 Punjab provincial election.[7]

On 27 August 2018, Bakht was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance.[8]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-260 Rahim Yar Khan-VI as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (23 May 2013). "43 newly elected legislators join PML-N". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Notification". www.pap.gov.pk. Punjab Assembly. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Major blow to PML-N as eight South Punjab MPs defect". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "353 Punjab MPAs sworn in". The Nation. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Malik, Mansoor (28 August 2018). "Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.


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