| Mahesh Kumar Malani | |
| Office: | Special Assistant to the PM on National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination |
| Term Start: | 6 October 2022 |
| Term End: | 10 August 2023 |
| Primeminister: | Shehbaz Sharif |
| President: | Arif Alvi |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Term Start2: | 28 February 2024 |
| Constituency2: | NA-215 Tharparkar-II |
| Term Start3: | 13 August 2018 |
| Term End3: | 10 August 2023 |
| Constituency3: | NA-222 (Tharparkar-II) |
| Term Start4: | 17 March 2008 |
| Term End4: | 16 March 2013 |
| Constituency4: | Reserved seat for Minorities |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1962 df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Mithi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Party: | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Alma Mater: | Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Term Start5: | 2013 |
| Term End5: | 2018 |
| Constituency5: | PS-61 THARPARKAR-II |
| Office5: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh |
| Majority3: | 109,056 (51.14%) |
Mahesh Kumar Malani (Urdu: مہیش کمار ملانی) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023. He is the first non-Muslim to win a general seat (non reserved seat, seats have been reserved for minorities under the 1973 constitution) 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 (which they had been barred from since 1985).[2]
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 after non-Muslims were allowed to contest on such seats in 2002 in the provincial and national assemblies (besides seats reserved for minorities after 1973) which they had been barred from since 1985. He served as chairman on standing committee PAS on food.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from NA-222 in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 106,630 votes and defeated Arbab Zakaullah, a candidate of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA).[3] This made him the first non-Muslim elected as MNA on a general seat.[4]
On 13 September 2022, Malani was appointed as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister with the Portfolio of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination.[5]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from NA-215 Tharparkar-II in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 135,287 votes and defeated Arbab Ghulam Rahim, a candidate of the GDA.[6]