Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan (born 30 September 1971) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, from 5 October 2018 to 18 November 2019. He 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 positions from August 2018 till January 2023. He was earlier a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2013 on PTI Ticket.

Personal life

Mehboob Sultan was born on 30 September 1971 and belongs to a known political family of Pakistan. He spent most of his childhood in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

and studied in

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. He is a descendant of the famous

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

mystic, poet and scholar

Sultan Bahoo Sultan Bahu (also spelled as Sultan Bahoo; ; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a Punjabi Muslims, Punjabi Muslim poet, Sufi mystic, Sufi, Ulama, scholar, and historian of the 17th century. Renowned for his mystical poetry, he was active d ...

Political career

Sultan was elected to the

from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...

(PML-Q) in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

. He received 53,545 votes and defeated

Faisal Saleh Hayat Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (; born 21 July 1952) is a Pakistani politician from Jhang, Punjab and sports administrator. Early life and education Born into a feudal Shi'a family, Hayat is the alleged Sajjada nashin (lineal descendant and ...

. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of PML-Q 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 75,803 votes and defeated Atta Ullah Khan, a candidate

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

(PPP). He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-III) 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) 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 ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 87,048 votes and lost the seat to Najaf Abbas Sial. In March 2018, he joined

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 from Constituency NA-114 (Jhang-I) as a candidate of PTI in 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 ...

. He received 106,043 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat, a candidate

(PPP). On 5 October 2018, Sultan was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

and was appointed as Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-108 Jhang-I as an independent candidate supported by PTI 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 169,676 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat, a candidate of PML(N).

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