Lal Chand | |
Office: | Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Human Rights |
Primeminister: | Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif |
Term Start: | 27 September 2018 |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start1: | 13 August 2018 |
Term End1: | 25 January 2023 |
Constituency1: | Reserved seat for minorities |
Term Start2: | 1 June 2013 |
Term End2: | 31 May 2018 |
Constituency2: | Reserved seat for minorities |
Term Start3: | 17 March 2008 |
Term End3: | 16 March 2013 |
Constituency3: | Reserved seat for minorities |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (since 2013) |
Term End: | 10 April 2022 |
Otherparty: | Pakistan People's Party (2008-2013) |
Lal Chand Malhi is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018.
He was born on 3 February 1973.[1]
He received his education from Umerkot and Hyderabad. He graduated from the University of Sindh.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a seat reserved for minorities as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[2]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a seat reserved for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3] [4]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in 2018 Pakistani general election.[5]
On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for human rights.[6] He has spoken in support of the Shri Krishna Mandir temple in Islamabad.[7] He condemned the 2020 Karak temple attack,[8] where a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party attacked and burnt the temple.[9]