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Malik Asad Ali Khokhar is a Pakistani politician who is member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as well as Provincial Minister of Punjab. He won by election against PMLN candidate khalid mehmood qadri.
Since 31st December 2019, he has been appointed as Provincial minister of Punjab for Fishries and Wildlife.
Political career
Malik Asad contested his first election for the National Assembly of Pakistan on the ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the 2018 Pakistani General Election. He contested in Raiwind NA136 the stronghold of PMLN. Malik Asad Ali Khokhar was not able to win the seat in general elections. However soon after the general elections he got another chance in the by-election on 13th December 2018 from constituency PP-168 of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on the ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He won the election by the majority of 687 votes over the runner up Rana Khalid Mehmood Qadri of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He garnered 17,579 votes while Qadri received 16,892 votes.
On 31st December 2019, he has been appointed as Provincial minister of Punjab for Fishries and Wildlife.