Lal Chand Malhi

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Lal Chand Malhi
لال چند
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Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Human Rights
In office
27 September 2018 – 10 April 2022
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Shehbaz Sharif
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for minorities
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for minorities
In office
17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
ConstituencyReserved seat for minorities
Personal details
Born
PartyPTI (2013-present)
Other political
affiliations
PPP (2008-2013)

Lal Chand Malhi (Urdu: لال چند ملہی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018.

Early life and education

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He was born on 3 February 1973.[1]

He received his education from Umerkot and Hyderabad. He graduated from the University of Sindh.[1]

Political career

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He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a seat reserved for minorities as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[2]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a seat reserved for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[5]

On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for human rights.[6] He has spoken in support of the Shri Krishna Mandir temple in Islamabad.[7] He condemned the 2020 Karak temple attack,[8] where a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party attacked and burnt the temple.[9]

References

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