Muhammad Hashim Ortaq

Engineer Muhammad Hashim Ortaq, born 1955 (age 69), entered the Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of Afghanistan's National Assembly in 2005. He represents Faryab Province. He is a member of Junbish-e-Milli.

He has an engineering degree from Kabul University.

During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan he was a senior security official in the Najibullah administration.