Pakistani politician
Malik Abdul Gafar Dogar (Urdu: ملک عبدالغفار ڈوگر; born 1 January 1964) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 1 January 1964.[1]
Political career
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-148 (Multan-I) in by-election held in 2012, but was unsuccessful. He received 42,819 votes[2] and lost the seat to Syed Ali Musa Gillani.[3]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-148 (Multan-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4][5][6][7] He received 81,830 votes and defeated Shah Mehmood Qureshi.[8] In October 2017, he was appointed as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for science and technology.[9]
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