Mahesh Kumar Malani
Mahesh Kumar Malani | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 13 August 2018 | |
| Constituency | NA-222 (Tharparkar-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1962[1] Mithi, Tharparkar |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Mahesh Kumar Malani (Template:Lang-ur) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He is the first non-Muslim to win a general seat (non reserved seat) in the National Assembly of Pakistan.[2]
Political career
He had served as the chairperson of the Sindh Assembly's Standing Committee on food. Then he became a member of parliament from 2008–2013 on a reserved seat, nominated by the PPP.[2] He was elected to the Province assembly of Sindh from the constituency PS-61(Mithi) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani genral election. He was also elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from the constituency NA-222 (Tharparkar-II) as a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3] As such he became the first Pakistani Hindu to be an elected member of the National Assembly from Tharparkar.[4]
References
- ^ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ a b "Pakistan Elections: Mahesh Malani becomes 1st Hindu candidate to win on general NA seat - Mahesh Kumar Malani". The Economic Times.
- ^ "LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ India, Press Trust of (26 July 2018). "Mahesh Malani becomes 1st Hindu to win NA seat from Tharparkar in Sindh". Business Standard India. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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