Muhammad Hashim Dogar

Lt Col (R) Muhammad Hashim Dogar
Lt Col (R) Muhammad Hashim Dogar
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons
	In office; 6 August 2022 – 11 October 2022
Chief Minister	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
Governor	Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman
Preceded by	Attaullah Tarar
Succeeded by	Omer Sarfraz Cheema ; (as Advisor)
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
	In office; 15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
Constituency	PP-177 Kasur-IV
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation
	In office; 14 October 2022 – 14 January 2023
Personal details
Born	28 June 1969
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (2023-present)
Other political; affiliations	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Lt Col (R) Muhammad Hashim Dogar is a Pakistani politician who had served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons from 6 August 2022 to 11 October 2022. He had also served as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare from 6 September 2018 to 1 April 2022. He served in the Pakistan Army for 26 years. He served in an infantry battalion and later in the intelligence corps.

He is from Jamsher Kalan, Kanganpur Tehsil Chunain, Kasur.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from PP-177 (Kasur-IV) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[1]

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar without any ministerial portfolio.[2] On 6 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare. He served in this position till the resignation of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on 1 April 2022.

He was later inducted into the cabinet of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons on 6 August 2022. He resigned from his position on 11 October 2022 due to "personal commitments and some health issues".[3]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-179 Kasur-VI as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.[4]

References

"Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
"Aleem Khan steps away from business before taking oath as minister". Pakistan Today. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
"Five ministers of Punjab get portfolios". Dunya News. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
"List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.

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[1] "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[2] "Aleem Khan steps away from business before taking oath as minister". Pakistan Today. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[3] "Five ministers of Punjab get portfolios". Dunya News. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[4] "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.