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Malik Sultan Mehmood Hanjra (Urdu: ملک سلطان محمود ہانجر; born 1 January 1948) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 1 January 1948.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 88,322 votes and defeated Ghulam Mustafa Khar. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-260 (Muzaffargarh-X) but was unsuccessful. He received 81 votes and lost the seat to Syed Muhammad Sibtain Raza.
In 2014, he was disqualified by the Election tribunal Bahawalpur to be a member of the National Assembly. Following which the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the notification of Hanjra's disqualification. In 2016, his National Assembly membership was restored.