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{{short description|Pakistnai businessman and former senator}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox office holder
| name = Sultan Ali Lakhani
| honorific-prefix = Senator
| office = Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]
| term_start = March 1988
| term_end = March 1994
| image =
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1948|7|24}}
| birth_place = [[Gondia]], Maharashtra, India
| nationality = Pakistani
| residence =
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League]]
| occupation = Politician <br> Businessman
}}

'''Sultan Ali Lakhani''' is a [[Pakistani]] businessman and former [[senator]] who is the co-founder of the [[Lakson Group]] and owner of [[McDonald's Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1186672.stm|title=Debts deal frees detained Pakistani tycoon|date=23 February 2001|publisher=BBC}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]] from March 1988 to March 1994.

==Early life==
He was born on 24 July 1948 in [[Gondia]], Maharashtra, India.<ref name="senate.gov.pk">{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=705|title=Profile of Sultan Ali Lakhani on Senate of Pakistan website (his first term)|website=senate.gov.pk|accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref> He holds a degree in economics from the [[University of Karachi]].<ref name="senate.gov.pk"/>

== Career ==
===Political career===
He was elected to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League]] on the general seat from [[Sindh]]. He was a member of the Senate between March 1988 and March 1994.<ref name="senate.gov.pk"/><ref>[http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=582 Profile of Sultan Ali Lakhani as member of the Senate of Pakistan (his second term)]. Retrieved 30 January 2019</ref>

He was arrested in 2000 on the orders of [[National Accountability Bureau]] (Pakistan) for alleged loan defaults and being a business partner of [[Hassan Nawaz]], son of the former Prime Minister, [[Nawaz Sharif]]. They co-owned fast-food chain [[McDonald's]] (Pakistan). They were arrested for failing to pay back loans they had taken from various banks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/744898.stm|title=SOUTH ASIA – Anti-corruption squad holds McDonalds boss|publisher=BBC|date=11 May 2000|accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=UPI>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/05/09/Pakistan-arrests-loan-defaulters-including-McDonalds-co-owner/3356957844800/|title=Pakistan arrests loan defaulters, including McDonald's co-owner|publisher=UPI (news agency)|accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref>

===Business career===
Lakhani is also the owner of [[Lakson Group]] and was the Honorary Consul of Mexico in Karachi.<ref name="senate.gov.pk"/>

==Awards and recognition==
In 2012, Lakhani received the [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] (Crescent of Excellence) conferred by then [[President of Pakistan]] [[Asif Ali Zardari]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brecorder.com/2012/03/23/50429/|title=President confers 189 civil awards at Aiwan-e-Sadr|date=23 March 2012|publisher=Business Recorder (newspaper)|accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Lakson Group}}

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