Mahesh Kumar Malani
Special Assistant to the PM on National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination
In office
6 October 2022 – 10 August 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyNA-222 (Tharparkar-II)
Majority109,056 (51.14%)
In office
17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
ConstituencyReserved seat for Minorities
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyPS-61 THARPARKAR-II
Personal details
Born (1962-10-24) 24 October 1962[1]
Mithi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Peoples Party
Alma materLiaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
OccupationPolitician

Mahesh Kumar Malani (Urdu: مہیش کمار ملانی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. He is the first non-Muslim to win a general seat (non reserved seat) in the National Assembly of Pakistan, 16 years after non-Muslims got the right to vote and contest on general seats of the parliament and provincial assemblies in 2002.[2]

Political career

He started his political career in 1996-97 and remained President PPP District Tharparkar and president minority wing PPP Province Sindh. He contested election against Shaukat Aziz in 2004 on NA-229 Tharparkar and then he again contested general election on NA-229 Tharparkar in 2008 and elected as MNA from PPP Reserved seat for minorities from 2008-2013 and he also remained Chairman standing committee of NA on Minorities affairs. He contested election on PS-61 Tharparkar in 2013 secured 42,137 votes by defeating Arbab Naimatullah of Arbab Group (29,346) votes and Rana Hameersingh of PML-F (11,348) votes. Malani also achieved the feat of becoming the first non-Muslim Member of the Provincial Assembly after winning the Tharparkar general seat of the Sindh Assembly in 2013. He served as chairman on standing committee PAS ON food.

In 2018, Malani secured 109,056 votes and defeated Arbab Zakaullah of GDA (89,290) votes.[3] This made him the first non-Muslim elected as MNA on General seats after LFO 2001-02.[4]

Recently, Malani was appointed as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister with the Portfolio of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination.[5]

See also

  • "Mr. Mahesh Kumar Malani", Member Profile, National Assembly of Pakistan, retrieved Nov 13, 2022

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Pakistan Elections: Mahesh Malani becomes 1st Hindu candidate to win on general NA seat - Mahesh Kumar Malani". The Economic Times.
  3. ↑ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan".
  4. ↑ "Dr Malani first Hindu to win NA's general seat". 28 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "National Assembly of Pakistan".


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