Ghulam Dastgir Khan

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-III) in the 1977 Pakistani general election.^[2] In March 1981, he was appointed as Federal Minister for Labour Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis in the cabinet of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq where he served until February 1985. He also served as Federal Minister for Local Government and rural Development in the cabinet of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq from November 1983 to April 1984.^[3]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly in the 1985 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.^[1]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in the 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of IJI from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in the 1990 Pakistani general election.^[5] He obtained 67,697 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.^[4][1] He remained Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development in Nawaz Sharif's 1st Cabinet from 1990-93.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 64,769 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.^[4][1]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-76 (Gujranwala-III) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 64,108 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.^[4][1]