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<div>{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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|name = Haroon Akhtar Khan<br />
|birth_place = [[Karachi]], Pakistan<br />
|office = Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]<br />
|term_start = 12 March 2018<br />
|term_end = 17 October 2018<br />
|nationality = Pakistani <br /> Canadian (until 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1652368/1-haroon-akhtar-denies-holding-dual-nationality/|title=Haroon Akhtar denies holding dual nationality - The Express Tribune|date=6 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref><br />
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />
|father = [[Akhtar Abdur Rahman]]<br />
|relatives = [[Humayun Akhtar Khan]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Haroon Akhtar Khan''' is a [[Pakistani]] politician who was a Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]], from March to October 2018.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
In January 2018, Prime Minister [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] appointed Khan as his special assistant on revenue and granted him the status of a federal minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Abbasi appoints Haroon Akhtar Khan as federal minister - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1604575/1-pm-abbasi-appoints-haroon-akhtar-khan-federal-minister/|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=9 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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He was nominated by [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) as its candidate in [[2018 Pakistani Senate election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=List of Senate candidates from Punjab|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1390468|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 February 2018}}</ref> However the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N's Senate nominees to contest election as independent candidates, says ECP|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1391004|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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Khan was elected to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] as an independent candidate on general seat from Punjab in Senate election.<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1649842/1-live-polling-begins-52-senate-seats/|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Iftikhar A.|title=PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1393083/pml-n-gains-senate-control-amid-surprise-ppp-showing|accessdate=4 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 March 2018}}</ref> He was backed in the election by PML-N<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N backed candidates win 15 seats in Senate Elections|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/polling-for-52-senate-seats-set-to-begin-shortly/|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=Daily Pakistan Global}}</ref> and joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Guramani|first1=Nadir|title=15 independent senators backed by PML-N in Senate polls join treasury|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1396875/15-independent-senators-backed-by-pml-n-in-senate-polls-join-treasury|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 March 2018}}</ref> He took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/291451-51-newly-elected-senators-take-oath-pml-n-finalises-raja-zafarul-haq-for-chairman|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=The News|date=12 March 2018|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312085816/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/291451-51-newly-elected-senators-take-oath-pml-n-finalises-raja-zafarul-haq-for-chairman|archivedate=12 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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