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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari
| honorific-suffix =
|office = [[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Industries and Production]]
| term_start = 4 August 2017
|term_end = 31 May 2018
|primeminister = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start1 = 2008
|term_end1 = 31 May 2018
|constituency1 = [[Constituency NA-197|NA-197 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|1|1}}
| birth_place =
|nationality = British <br/> Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد ارشد خان لغاری}}}}; born 1 January 1960) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who served as [[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Industries and Production]], in [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from 2008 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 1 January 1960.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=197|accessdate=11 July 2017|date=19 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419140432/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=197|archivedate=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/06/21/pml-n-pti-ppp-to-suffer-as-fia-dubs-their-major-candidates-as-dual-nationals/</ref>

==Political career==

He ran for the seat of the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-297 (Rahim Yar Khan-XIII) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ROs remain busy in Sadiqabad|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/54312|accessdate=8 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 August 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021702/https://www.dawn.com/news/54312|archivedate=9 April 2017}}</ref> He received 21,863 votes and lost the seat to [[Aziz Aslam Shaikh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-197|Constituency NA-197 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI)]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nawabs of Bahawalpur to play vital role in next general elections|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Dec-2012/nawabs-of-bahawalpur-to-play-vital-role-in-next-general-elections|accessdate=8 April 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409111038/http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Dec-2012/nawabs-of-bahawalpur-to-play-vital-role-in-next-general-elections|archivedate=9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Big cracks appear in N over tickets|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/05-Apr-2013/big-cracks-appear-in-n-over-tickets|accessdate=8 April 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409110943/http://nation.com.pk/national/05-Apr-2013/big-cracks-appear-in-n-over-tickets|archivedate=9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ECP's swiftness leaves many wondering|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/289889|accessdate=8 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=18 February 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021552/https://www.dawn.com/news/289889|archivedate=9 April 2017}}</ref> He received 82,565 votes and defeated Rais Munir Ahmad, a candidate of PML-Q. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of [[Sindh United Party]] from Constituency PP-295 (Rahim Yar Khan-XI) but was unsuccessful. He received 89 votes and lost the seat to [[Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood]]. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-297 (Rahim Yar Khan-XIII) but was unsuccessful. He received 425 votes and lost the seat to Rais Ibraheem Khalil Ahmad, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-197 (Rahim Yar Khan-VI) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PM allows gas connections to areas of influential politicians|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1316837|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 February 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330130546/https://www.dawn.com/news/1316837|archivedate=30 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shahbaz condoles with Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar - The Express Tribune|url=http://development.tribune.com.pk/story/984122/shahbaz-condoles-with-makhdoom-khusro-bakhtiar/|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 November 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306211753/http://development.tribune.com.pk/story/984122/shahbaz-condoles-with-makhdoom-khusro-bakhtiar/|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New federating units: PML-N pretends to consider new province - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/222969/new-federating-units-pml-n-pretends-to-consider-new-province/|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 August 2011|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210355/https://tribune.com.pk/story/222969/new-federating-units-pml-n-pretends-to-consider-new-province/|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=138 MNAs either paid no income tax, or FBR has no such data|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/631317-138-mnas-either-paid-no-income-tax,-or-fbr-has-no-such-data|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161224/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/631317-138-mnas-either-paid-no-income-tax,-or-fbr-has-no-such-data|archivedate=3 February 2017}}</ref> He received 80,944 votes and defeated [[Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mehmood]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 April 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}</ref>

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of [[Abbasi ministry|Abbasi]].<ref name="app/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archivedate=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="pakistantoday/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He was appointed as the Minister of State for Industries and Production.<ref>{{cite news|title=Portfolios of federal, state ministers|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805133715/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|archivedate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1515317/bloated-cabinet-influential-ministers-powerless-underlings/|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Leghari ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Industries and Production.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |accessdate=1 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archivedate=1 June 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

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->Neel.arunabh at 03:30, 22 November 2021