Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar



Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from October 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was member of the Punjab Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education
He was born on 19 April 1968 in Wan Bhachran, Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan.

He graduated in 1989 from University of the Punjab and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-45 (Mianwali-III) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election. He received 59,746 votes and defeated Ali Haider Noor Khan Niazi.

In 2018, he was allocated the PTI ticket to contest the 2018 Punjab provincial election from PP-87 (Mianwali-III), but the election was postponed in the constituency following the death of a contesting candidate.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-87 (Mianwali-III) on 12 October 2018. He was elected unopposed after rest of the contesting candidates withdrew.

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-87 Mianwali-III as a candidate of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.

On 20 March, SIC nominated him as the temporary opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly. Mian Aslam Iqbal was unable to take the oath as a member of the assembly, so Bachar served as the Opposition leader until Malik Aslam Iqbal took the oath.