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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Muzaffargarh District]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]]
}}

'''Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra''' 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 6 March 1978 in [[Muzaffargarh District]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1092|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614164635/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1092|archivedate=14 June 2017}}</ref>

He graduated from [[Government College University (Lahore)|Government College University]] where he was enrolled between 1997 and 2000. He obtained the degree of Master of Business Administration in Finance from [[Quaid-i-Azam University]] in 2003 and graduated in Law from [[Bahauddin Zakariya University]]. He has the degree of Bachelor of Laws.<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) 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/9/269|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205034402/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/269|archivedate=5 December 2016}}</ref> He received 21,695 votes and defeated Mufti Abdul Jalil, a candidate of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]] (MMA). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) but was unsuccessful. He received 2,823 votes and lost the seat to Khalida Mohsin Ali Qureshi, 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-Q from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) 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/19/677|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523093722/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/677|archivedate=23 May 2017}}</ref> He received 19,913 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Yousaf Hinjra, 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 [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) 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 33,502 votes and defeated Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind, 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |accessdate=12 July 2018|archive-date=2018-05-26 }}</ref> In November 2016, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister [[Shehbaz Sharif]] and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prisons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|accessdate=23 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324181221/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|archivedate=24 March 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2002–2007]]
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