Hashim Jawan Bakht

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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht
| honorific-suffix =
|office = [[Finance department, Punjab (Pakistan)|Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance]]
|term_start = 27 August 2018
|term_end =
| governor = [[Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Usman Buzdar]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
|term_start1 =15 August 2018
|term_end1 =
|constituency1 = PP-259 (Rahim Yar Khan-V)
| term_start2 = 29 May 2013
| term_end2 =30 May 2018
|constituency2 = [[Constituency PP-291 (Rahimyar Khan-VII)|PP-291 (Rahimyar Khan-VII)]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_place =
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg}} [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]
|relatives= [[Khusro Bakhtiar]] (Brother)<ref>{{cite news |title=South Punjab group actively lobbying for Punjab CM slot |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/352981-south-punjab-group-actively-lobbying-for-punjab-cm-slot |accessdate=11 August 2018 |work=The News |date=10 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Makhdum Omar Shehryar (Brother)
}}

'''Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht''' is a [[Pakistani]] politician who is the current [[Finance department, Punjab (Pakistan)|Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance]], in office since 27 August 2018. He has been a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] since August 2018. Previously, he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from May 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 27 September 1979.<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1129|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018}}</ref>

He has a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from [[McGill University]].<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==

He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-291 (Rahimyar Khan-VII) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=43 newly elected legislators join PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1013019|accessdate=19 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en}}</ref> He joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630765-33-independent-mpas,-12-mnas-join-pml-n|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912135141/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630765-33-independent-mpas,-12-mnas-join-pml-n|archivedate=12 September 2017}}</ref>

He resigned from the Punjab Assembly in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/mediacenter/ntf/en/20/761 |website=www.pap.gov.pk |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, he quit PML-N.<ref>{{cite news |title=Major blow to PML-N as eight South Punjab MPs defect |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/09/major-blow-to-pml-n-as-eight-south-punjab-mps-defect/ |accessdate=11 August 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) from Constituency PP-259 (Rahim Yar Khan-V) and from PP-261 (Rahim Yar Khan-VII) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=353 Punjab MPAs sworn in |url=https://nation.com.pk/16-Aug-2018/353-punjab-mpas-sworn-in |accessdate=28 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister [[Sardar Usman Buzdar]] and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Mansoor |title=Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1429375/punjab-cabinet-sworn-in-only-15-out-of-23-ministers-given-portfolios |accessdate=28 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=28 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:McGill University Faculty of Management alumni]]
[[Category:Finance Ministers of Punjab, Pakistan]]

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