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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| image_upright =
| alt = Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| residence = [[Bahawalpur]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| education = L.L.B
| alma_mater = Wallayat Hussain Islamia Law College, [[Multan]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| children = [[Zaheer Iqbal Channar]]
}}

'''Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ملک محمداقبال چنڑر}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2002 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 15 March 1950 in [[Bahawalpur]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1112|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614101941/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1112|archivedate=14 June 2017}}</ref>

He has the degree of [[Bachelor of Laws]] which he received in 1971 from Wilayat Hussain Islamia Law College in Multan.<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency PP-272 (Bahawalpur-VI) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="pap/2002">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/298|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411121019/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/298|archivedate=11 April 2016}}</ref> He received 27,873 votes and defeated Zafar Iqbal, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (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 was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-272 (Bahawalpur-VI) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="pap/2008">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/711|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613004823/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/711|archivedate=13 June 2017}}</ref> He received 34,246 votes and defeated Ejaz Safdar, a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q).<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> Following the election, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister [[Shahbaz Sharif]] where he served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Special Education from June 2008 until June 2010.<ref name="pap/2008" /> In June 2010, he was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prisons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shahbaz reshuffles ministers for 'experience'|url=https://nation.com.pk/29-Jun-2010/shahbaz-reshuffles-ministers-for-experience|accessdate=23 January 2018|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123132400/https://nation.com.pk/29-Jun-2010/shahbaz-reshuffles-ministers-for-experience|archivedate=23 January 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-272 (Bahawalpur-VI) 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 40,409 votes and defeated Muhammad Asghar, a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<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 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archivedate=26 May 2018 }}</ref> In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister [[Shahbaz Sharif]] and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=21-member Punjab cabinet takes oath|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1017511|accessdate=21 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 June 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122113341/https://www.dawn.com/news/1017511|archivedate=22 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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