Malik Saif ul Malook Khokhar explained

Malik Saif ul Malook Khokhar is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was a memberof the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2010 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023.

Early life

Malik Saif-ul-Malook Khokar was born on 18 June 1967 in Lahore. His father's name is Malik Muhammad Ayub Khokhar.^[2]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-160 (Lahore-XXIV) in by-polls held in June 2010.^[3] He received 27,798 votes and defeated Malik Zaheer Abbas, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-160 (Lahore-XXIV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^[5] He received 71,677 votes and defeated Malik Zaheer Abbas, a candidate of PTI.^[6]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-165 (Lahore-XXII) in a by-election held on 14 October 2018.^[7]

Recently, he was all over the news because of the demolition of Khokhar Palace, the family house of Khokhar Brothers.^[8]

His family was said to be financiers of Maryam Nawaz.^[9]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-126 Lahore-X as a candidate of PML(N) in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 67,121 votes and defeated Malik Touqeer Abbas Khokhar, an independent candidate supported by PTI.^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . Pervaiz Malik's son replaces Maryam in NA-127 . 2 August 2018 . DAWN.COM . 8 July 2018.
2. Web site: Punjab Assembly. www.pap.gov.pk. 15 January 2018.
3. News: PML-Ns Saiful Malook gets majority in PP-160. 26 March 2018. The Nation.
4. News: 'N' wins PP-160 by-election. 26 March 2018. The Nation.
5. News: List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats. 18 January 2018. The News. 13 May 2013. en.
6. Web site: 2013 election result . ECP . 12 July 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf . 26 May 2018 .
7. News: Unofficial results of all 24 Provincial Assemblies seats . 16 October 2018 . en.
8. Web site: Govt launches massive operation against PML-N's Khokhars in Lahore - Pakistan - DAWN.COM. 25 January 2021.
9. News: PML-N lines up bigwigs to aid CM Maryam . 6 March 2024 . The Express Tribune . 6 March 2024 . en.
10. Web site: Election Commission of Pakistan . 2024-07-17 . ecp.gov.pk.