Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi

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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 8 September 2016
|term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency = [[Constituency NA-63|NA-63 (Jhelum-II)]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|relatives = [[Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan]] (father)
}}

'''Nawabzada Raja Matloob Mehdi''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|نوابزادہ راجہ مطلوب مہدی}}}}) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from September 2016 to May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=1053|title=National Assembly of Pakistan|website=NA.GOV.PK|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1418320|title=Jhelum warms up to a real contest after a long time|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}</ref>

==Political career==
He began his political career by becoming chairman of Darapur Union Council in 2015.<ref name="dawn/11june2016">{{cite news|title=PML-N, PTI nominate candidates for Jhelum by-election|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1264139|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 June 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081321/https://www.dawn.com/news/1264139|archivedate=27 March 2017}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] from [[Constituency NA-63|Constituency NA-63 (Jhelum-II)]] in by election held in August 2016. He received 82,896 votes and defeated Fawad Chaudhry, a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]. Nawab family has deep roots in local politics. They have been elected for different assemblies since 1920. They have deep connections with Rajas, Awans, Maliks of whole contituency. [[Kadyal]] of [[Tobah]] are considered as the oldest and solid supporters of this family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Briefs|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/148728-Briefs|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114031/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/148728-Briefs|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N wins Vehari and Jhelum by-elections|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/146919-PML-N-wins-Vehari-and-Jhelum-by-elections|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114441/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/146919-PML-N-wins-Vehari-and-Jhelum-by-elections|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NA-63 Jhelum up for grabs as polling commences|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/146674-NA-63-Jhelum-up-for-grabs-as-polling-commences|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114332/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/146674-NA-63-Jhelum-up-for-grabs-as-polling-commences|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N wins NA-63, PP-232 by-elections|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/146722-PML-Ns-Yousuf-Kuseliya-wins-PP-232-by-elections|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114224/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/146722-PML-Ns-Yousuf-Kuseliya-wins-PP-232-by-elections|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref> The seat became vacant after his father [[Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan]] died.<ref name="dawn/11june2016" />

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