Malik Umar Farooq Mushtaq

Malik Umar Farooq Mushtaq
ملک عمر فاروق مشتاق
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-99 Faisalabad-V
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-106 Faisalabad-X
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (2018-present)
Other political
affiliations
Sunni Ittehad Council (2024-present)

Malik Umar Farooq Mushtaq (Urdu: ملک عمر فاروق مشتاق) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He had also been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Political career

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He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an PTI candidate from PP-106 (Faisalabad-X) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. He received votes and defeated Sardar Dilnawaz Ahmad Cheema, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[1][2]

He joined the PTI following his election.[3]

On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Minister on Youth Affairs and Sports.[4][5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-99 Faisalabad-V as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 120,797 votes and defeated Muhammad Qasim Farooq, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  3. ^ Malik, Mansoor (2 August 2018). "22 independents, PML-Q votes take PTI tally to 153 in Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 September 2018). "Cabinet gets four advisers, five special assistants". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  6. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2024-07-17.