Malik Umar Farooq Mushtaq | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 29 February 2024 |
Constituency: | NA-99 Faisalabad-V |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Otherparty: | Sunni Ittehad Council (2024-present) |
Office1: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
Constituency1: | PP-106 Faisalabad-X |
Term Start1: | 15 August 2018 |
Term End1: | 14 January 2023 |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Native Name: | ملک عمر فاروق مشتاق |
Malik Umar Farooq Mushtaq is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He had also been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an PTI candidate from PP-106 (Faisalabad-X) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. He received votes and defeated Sardar Dilnawaz Ahmad Cheema, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[1] [2]
He joined the PTI following his election.[3]
On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Minister on Youth Affairs and Sports.[4] [5]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-99 Faisalabad-V as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 120,797 votes and defeated Muhammad Qasim Farooq, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[6]