Malik Sultan Mehmood Hanjra (Urdu: ملک سلطان محمود ہنجرا; born 1 January 1948) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Sultan Mehmood
سلطان محمود
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I)
Personal details
Born (1948-01-01) January 1, 1948 (age 76)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
RelationsMalik Ahmad Yar Hunjra (nephew)
Malik Ghulam Qasim Hanjra (nephew)

Early life edit

He was born on 1 January 1948.[1]

Political career edit

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3][4][5] He received 88,322 votes and defeated Ghulam Mustafa Khar.[6]

In 2014, he was disqualified by the Election tribunal Bahawalpur to be a member of the National Assembly.[7] Following which the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the notification of Hanjra's disqualification.[8] In 2016, his National Assembly membership was restored.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "100 new MNAs-elect to make debut in NA today". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Constituency profile: The Old Guard will fight it out - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 5 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ^ "NA-176: Supreme Court suspends PML-N MNA's disqualification notice - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Crushing defeats deal a severe blow to PPP". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ "PML-N MNA Malik Sultan disqualified from NA-176 Bahawalpur". The Nation. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  8. ^ "NA-176: Supreme Court suspends PML-N MNA's disqualification notice - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Supreme Court restores NA membership of Sultan Hanjra - Daily Times". Daily Times. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.