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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Raja Muhammad Safdar Khan
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start =2008
| term_end = 2013
| constituency = [[Constituency NA-62|NA-62 (Jhelum-I)]]
| nationality = Pakistani
}}

'''Raja Muhammad Safdar Khan''' is a [[Pakistani]] politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 2008 to 2013.

He is brother of [[Raja Muhammad Asad Khan]].<ref name="tribune/20jan2013">{{cite news|title=Changing loyalties: Raja family of Jhelum joins PPP - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/496459/changing-loyalties-raja-family-of-jhelum-joins-ppp/|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=20 January 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Constituency NA-62|Constituency NA-62 (Jhelum-I)]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two four-time MNAs out of race|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/59958|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=3 October 2002|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Butt|first1=Waseem Ashraf|title=PML-N may not find it difficult to regain lost ground in Jhelum|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/780259|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=21 January 2013|language=en}}</ref> He received 51,618 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain, a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=25 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-62 (Jhelum-I) as a candidate of PML-N in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Butt|first1=Waseem Ashraf|title=The political fortunes of Jhelum|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/812802|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=9 May 2013|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Butt|first1=Waseem Ashraf|title=Local rivalries dominate|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1024553|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 April 2013|language=en}}</ref> He received 92,479 votes and defeated Chaudhary Shahbaz Hussain, a candidate of 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=25 May 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>

In 2013, he quit PML-N and joined [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Butt|first1=Waseem Ashraf|title=NA-63 by-election: Shifting loyalties define Jhelum political scenario|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1265117|accessdate=21 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 June 2016|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs]]
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