Muhammad Hashim Dogar Explained

Muhammad Hashim Dogar
Term Start:6 August 2022
Term End:11 October 2022
Office1:Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Term Start1:15 August 2018
Term End1:30, March 2022
Constituency1:PP-177 Kasur-IV
Nationality:Pakistani
Party: IPP (2023-present)
Term 1:27,August 2018
Office:Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons
1Namedata:Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
1Blankname:Chief Minister
2Blankname:Governor
2Namedata:Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman
Predecessor:Attaullah Tarar
Birth Date:1969 6, df=yes
Successor:Omer Sarfraz Cheema
Minister:Population and welfare
Term End1:14 January 2023
Office2:Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation
Term Start2:14 October 2022
Term End2:14 January 2023
Otherparty: PTI (2018-2023)
Office 3:Minister

Lt Col (R) Muhammad Hashim Dogar is a Pakistani politician who had served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons from 6 August 2022 to 11 October 2022. He had also served as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare from 6 September 2018 to 1 April 2022. He served in the Pakistan Army for 26 years. He served in an infantry battalion and later in the intelligence corps.

He is from Jamsher Kalan, Kanganpur Tehsil Chunain, Kasur.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from PP-177 (Kasur-IV) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[1]

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar without any ministerial portfolio.[2] On 6 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare. He served in this position till the resignation of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on 1 April 2022.

He was later inducted into the cabinet of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons on 6 August 2022. He resigned from his position on 11 October 2022 due to "personal commitments and some health issues".[3]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-179 Kasur-VI as a candidate of the IPP in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.[4]

He left the PTI after 9th may incident and Join IPP.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details . www.thenews.com.pk . The News . 29 July 2018 . en.
  2. News: Aleem Khan steps away from business before taking oath as minister . 28 August 2018 . Pakistan Today . 28 August 2018.
  3. News: Five ministers of Punjab get portfolios . 6 September 2018 . Dunya News . 6 September 2018.
  4. Web site: 2023-04-19 . List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab 2023 . 2023-04-21 . Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf . en.