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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 13 August 2018
| term_end =
| constituency = Reserved seat for minorities
| term_start1 = 1 June 2013
| term_end1 = 31 May 2018
| constituency1 = Reserved seat for minorities
| nationality = [[Pakistani]]
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (before 2018)
[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (2018 - present)
| office2 = Founder of [[Pakistan Hindu Council]]
| term_start2 = 2005
| successor2 = Office established
| office4 = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]]
| term_start4 = 2002
| term_end4 = 2007
| constituency4 = Reserved seat for minorities
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| Born = in 1974 (age 46 years) [[Islamkot]], [[Tharpakar District]], [[Pakistan]]
}}

'''Ramesh Kumar Vankwani''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|رمیش کمار وانکوانی}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], since August 2018. Previously he was member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018 and a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]] from 2002 to 2007.

==Education==
Vankwani has done Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.<ref name="pas/2002">{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh|url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/106|website=www.pas.gov.pk|accessdate=7 April 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==

Vankwani ran for the seat of the [[Provincial Assembly of Sindh]] as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) in the [[2002 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful. He received 34 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of [[National Alliance (Pakistan)|National Alliance]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 Sindh Assembly election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Election%202002/Sind.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=7 April 2018}}</ref> In the same election, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] on a reserved seat for minorities.<ref name="pas/2002" /> He founded [[Pakistan Hindu Council]]<ref>{{cite news|title=56 candidates vie for 15 Hindu Council seats|url=https://nation.com.pk/07-Mar-2016/56-candidates-vie-for-15-hindu-council-seats|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=The Nation}}</ref> in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Hindu Council loses an active member|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/75076-pakistan-hindu-council-loses-an-active-member|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

Vankwani was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) on a reserved seat for minorities in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women, minority seats allotted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307205110/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014677|archivedate=7 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Is the NA apathetic towards minority issues?|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1133565|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 September 2014|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044428/https://www.dawn.com/news/1133565|archivedate=8 March 2017}}</ref>

Vankwani came to the limelight in September 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N's minority lawmaker Ramesh Kumar formally joins PTI|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/pml-ns-minority-lawmaker-ramesh-kumar-set-to-join-pti/|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=Daily Pakistan Global}}</ref> when he along with [[Rehman Malik]] was removed from a flight from [[Karachi]] to [[Islamabad]] because of their late check-in which caused the flight to delay.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two Pakistani Politicians Got Kicked Off a Plane by Furious Passengers|url=http://time.com/3388980/pakistan-international-airlines-pia-rehman-malik-ramesh-kumar-vankwani/|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=Time|date=17 September 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119033955/http://time.com/3388980/pakistan-international-airlines-pia-rehman-malik-ramesh-kumar-vankwani/|archivedate=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Rehman Malik: Passengers force ex-minister off plane|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29218939|accessdate=21 January 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=16 September 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215171126/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29218939|archivedate=15 February 2015}}</ref>

Vankwani January 2018, he was elected as the chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee for Statistics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dr Ramesh Kumar elected chairman of NA Committee on Statistics|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/01/25/dr-ramesh-kumar-elected-chairman-of-na-committee-on-statistics/|accessdate=6 April 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref> In April 2018, he quit PML-N and joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<ref>{{cite news|title=Big blow to PML-N as MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar joins PTI|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/301709-big-blow-to-pml-n-as-mna-dr-ramesh-kumar-joins-pti|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426560/list-of-mnas-elected-on-reserved-seats-for-women-minorities |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Mahesh Kumar Malani]]
*[[Pakistan Hindu Council]]

==References==
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