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Ali Asjad Malhi is a former Pakistani Minister and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Sialkot District. He served in the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.
Personal life
Malhi belongs to a family of Bureaucrats and is a businessman by profession. He is the nephew of Sikandar Hayat Malhi who was also a member of the National Assembly as well as the Punjab Provincial Assembly.
Political career
Malhi started his political career serving as District Naib Nazim
He was later elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2002. He defeated the Independent candidate Armaghan Subhani.
He served as Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications Division as well as minister of State for Defense.
Malhi was a former member of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2014.
Malhi contested to become a member of the National Assembly from NA-75 Sialkot-IV but lost to PML-N Candidate Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan in the 2018 general election.
In a 2021 bye election in NA-75 Sialkot-IV, Malhi lost to PML-N candidate Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar.
Malhi among the key PTI leaders who were arrestedand his house which was a rendezvous point was raided.