Mumtaz Mustafa Rais (; died 5 August 2024) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the

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from 29 February 2024 to 5 August 2024.

Political career

On 26 November 2007, Mustafa quit the

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a centre-left political position, it is cu ...

(PPP) and joined the

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(PML-F). Mustafa contested the

2008 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North ...

from PP-293 Rahim Yar Khan-IX as a candidate of PML-F, but was unsuccessful. He received 11,526 votes and was defeated by Javid Akbar Dhillon, a candidate of PPP. On 31 January 2010, he was elected Vice Chairman of

Punjab Bar Council The Punjab Bar Council () is a deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab, Pakistan. It is established by the Parliament of Pakistan and consists of 75 members elected from different constituencies of Punjab, Pakistan. Its main functions ar ...

for a one-year term. On 20 March 2016, he was elected as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Punjab Bar Council for a one-year term. In the lead-up to 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 ...

, a police case with Anti-Terrorism provisions was filed against Mustafa and his colleagues in January 2024 for allegedly attacking the Assistant Returning Officer of

NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Khusro Bakhtiar of PML-Q won by 70,116 votes. Election 2008 General elections we ...

. According to reports, he requested the return of his election nomination papers and also demanded to replace his documents from

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) to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Nazriati (PTI-N) and insisted on being allotted the symbol of PTI-N. According to the report, Mustafa and his colleagues threatened the Assistant Returning Officer and his staff with dire consequences. He was elected to the

as an independent candidate supported by PTI from NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III in the

. He received 103,834 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Hashim Jawan Bakht, who secured 56,028 votes.

Death

Mustafa died from a heart attack in

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on 5 August 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mustafa, Mumtaz 20th-century births Year of birth missing 2024 deaths Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 Chairmen of the Punjab Bar Council Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians