Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari

Makhdoomzada Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023 and federal minister. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to April 2018.

Early life

He was born on 28 May 1966.

Political career

He was elected member provincial assembly as the candidate of PMLN in 1997 general elections Later He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan [Muslim League (Q)] from Constituency NA-179 (Muzaffargarh-IV) in the 2002 [Pakistani general election]. He received 63,778 votes and defeated Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-179 in the 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 60,637 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) but was unsuccessful. He received 1,163 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi. later in 2010 he was elected Member of the Provincial Assembly he received 39,484 votes and defeated sami ullah khan laghari
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency NA-179 in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 110,197 votes and defeated Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi.
later in august 2017 He was elected minister of state for Water Resources
In April 2018, he quit PML-N and resigned from the National Assembly. He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in May 2018.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-185 (Muzaffargarh-V) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. Following his successful election, he announced to re-join PTI.
Later in July 2022 he was elected federal minister for Kashmir affairs

2002

Basit Bukhari contested the elections on Pakistan [Muslim league Q|PML-Q] ticket and he won the elections and was elected member National Assembly after winning the election

Election 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari of PML-N won by 110,197 votes and became the member of National Assembly.

Election 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

2010

Basit Bukhari contested the elections as an independent candidate and he won the elections and was elected member provincial Assembly after winning the election

1997

Basit Bukhari contested the elections on PML-N ticket and he won the elections and was elected member provincial Assembly after winning the election