Lal Chand | |
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لال چند | |
Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Human Rights | |
In office 27 September 2018 – 10 April 2022 | |
Prime Minister |
Imran Khan Shehbaz Sharif |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (since 2013) |
Other political affiliations | Pakistan People's Party (2008-2013) |
Lal Chand Malhi ( Urdu: لال چند ملہی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018.
He was born on 3 February 1973. [1]
He received his education from Umerkot and Hyderabad. He graduated from the University of Sindh. [1]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a seat reserved for minorities as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. [2]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a seat reserved for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election. [3] [4]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in 2018 Pakistani general election. [5]
On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for human rights. [6] He has spoken in support of the Shri Krishna Mandir temple in Islamabad. [7] He condemned the 2020 Karak temple attack, [8] where a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party attacked and burnt the temple. [9]
'When we broke ground, the prime minister told us in a meeting that he was quite happy that the temple would give a good image of Pakistan to the outside world,' said Lal Chand Mahli, a Hindu parliamentarian and member of the governing party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 'A Hindu temple in the capital,' he added, 'was going to show the world that Pakistan is a place for all religions.'