Asghar Hayat

He was born to Mahr Khizar Hayat Hiraj and is brother of Raza Hayat Hiraj and Muhammad Akbar Hayat Hiraj.^[1][2] His brother, Raza Hayat Hiraj, was a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2018 and has won the 2024 Pakistani general election from Constituency NA-144 Khanewal-I.^{[3][4][5][2][6]} His brother Muhammad Akbar Hayat Hiraj was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2013 to 2018^[1] and has won the 2024 Pakistani general election from Constituency PP-205 (Khanewal-I).^[7][2]

His uncle, Sardar Allah Yar Hiraj, father of Hamid Yar Hiraj, served as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 1985 to 1996.^[8] Hamid Yar Hiraj has also served as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2018 to 2023 and of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.^[9][10] His other uncle, Iqbal Hiraj, served as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan from 1962 to 1969 and as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.^[11][12][8]

He participated in the 2024 Punjab provincial election as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-212 Khanewal-VIII and won by securing 42,305 votes, while the runner-up Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi got 38,099 votes.^{[13][14][15][16][17]} He joined PML-N on 14 February 2024.^[13][18][19] He took oath as member of the Punjab Assembly on 23 February 2024.^{[20][21][22][23]}