Malik Shakir Bashir Awan (; born 29 October 1965) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

since February 2024 and previously served in this position from 2008 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 29 October 1965.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

(PML-N) from Constituency NA-70 (Khushab-II) in the

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

. He received 66,361 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Malik Ehsan Ullah Tiwana. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-70 (Khushab-II) in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

. He received 94,594 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sardar Shujja Muhammad Khan. He contested the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

as a candidate of PML-N from NA-94 Khushab-II, but was unsuccessful. He received 85,228 votes and was defeated by Malik Ehsan Ullah Tiwana, a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

(PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-87 Khushab-I in the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The ...

. He received 117,775 votes and defeated Umer Aslam Awan, an independent candidate supported by PTI.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1965 births Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{MuslimN-MNA-stub