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Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari (Urdu: محمد جعفر خان لغاری; born 23 June 1942) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 23 June 1942.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of National Alliance from Constituency NA-174 (Rajanpur-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 59,783 votes and defeated Gorish Sardar Gorchani, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of National Alliance from Constituency PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) and as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) but was unsuccessful. He received 19,557 votes from Constituency PP-243 (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV) and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Khan Laghari. He received 368 votes from Constituency PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Khan, a candidate of National Alliance.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-174 (Rajanpur-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 50,440 votes and defeated Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-245 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VI) and Constituency PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) but was unsuccessful. He received 553 votes from Constituency PP-245 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VI) and lost the seat to Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari. He received 205 vote from Constituency PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Khan Leghari, a candidate of PML-Q.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-174 (Rajanpur-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 101,705 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak.
In May 2018, he quit PML-N and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-193 (Rajanpur-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election.