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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 29 May 2013
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Multan]], Pakistan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|16|1953|2|1|df=y}}
|death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}[[File:Beautiful view of Punjab Assembly Lahore - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Punjab Assembly Lahore|alt=Beautiful view of Punjab Assembly Lahore - panoramio.jpg]]

'''Malik Mazhar Abbas Raan''' (1 February 1953 – 16 January 2019) was a [[Pakistani]] politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] from 1997 to 1999, from May 2013 to May 2018 and again from July 2018 to January 2019.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 1 February 1953 in [[Multan]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1047|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619231210/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1047|archivedate=19 June 2017}}</ref>

He graduated from [[Government Emerson College]] in 1978 and has the degree of Bachelor of Arts.<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) from Constituency PP-166 (Multan-VII) in [[1988 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 21,059 votes and lost the seat to [[Shah Mehmood Qureshi]].<ref name="ecp/1988-97">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly election result 1988-1997|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=25 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|archivedate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Democratic Alliance]] (PDA) from Constituency PP-166 (Multan-VII) in [[1990 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 22,719 votes and lost the seat to Shah Mehmood Qureshi.<ref name="ecp/1988-97" />

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency PP-166 (Multan-VII) in [[1997 Pakistani general election]]. He received 22,193 votes and defeated [[Sajjad Hussain Qureshi]].<ref name="ecp/1988-97" />

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-201 (Multan-VIII) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 25,005 votes and lost the seat to Malik Muhammad Arshad Ran, a candidate of PPP.<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=24 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-201 (Multan-VIII) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 25,412 votes and lost the seat to Malik Muhammad Abbas Raan, a candidate of 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=24 March 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 Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-201 (Multan-VIII) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<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|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=16 January 2018}}</ref> He received 35,233 votes and defeated Makhdoom Mureed Hussain Qureshi, a candidate of PPP.<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2018 |publisher=ECP |accessdate=12 July 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) from Constituency PP-218 (Multan-VIII) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He died on 16 January 2019 of cardiac arrest in Lahore.<ref>{{cite news |title=PTI Member of Punjab Assembly Mazhar Abbas Passes Away |url=https://abbtakk.tv/en/pti-member-of-punjab-assembly-mazhar-abbas-raan-passes-away/ |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=Abb Takk |date=16 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PTI MPA Mazhar Abbas passes away in Lahore |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/474598-PTI-MPA-Mazhar-Abbas-passes-away-in-Lahore |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=Dunya News}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Politicians from Multan]]

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