| Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra | |
| Office: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
| Term Start: | 2002 |
| Term End: | 31 May 2018 |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Muzaffargarh District |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) |
| Relations: | Malik Ghulam Qasim Hanjra (brother) Sultan Mehmood Hanjra (uncle) |
Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra (born on 6th March 1960) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to May 2018.
He was born on 6 March 1978 in Muzaffargarh District.[1]
He graduated from Government College University where he was enrolled between 1997 and 2000. He obtained the degree of Master of Business Administration in Finance from Quaid-i-Azam University in 2003 and graduated in Law from Bahauddin Zakariya University. He has the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He belongs to a political family of South Punjab whose head is Sultan Mehmood Hunjra
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 21,695 votes and defeated Mufti Abdul Jalil, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) but was unsuccessful. He received 2,823 votes and lost the seat to Khalida Mohsin Ali Qureshi, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[3]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[4] He received 19,913 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Yousaf Hinjra, a candidate of PPP.[5]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6] He received 33,502 votes and defeated Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[7] In November 2016, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prisons.[8]