Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar

He was born on 15 March 1950 in Bahawalpur, Punjab.^[1]

He has the degree of Bachelor of Laws which he received in 1971 from Wilayat Hussain Islamia Law College in Multan.^[1]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-272 (Bahawalpur-VI) in the 2002 Pakistani general election.^[2] He received 27,873 votes and defeated Zafar Iqbal, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-272 (Bahawalpur-VI) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[4] He received 34,246 votes and defeated Ejaz Safdar, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).^[5] Following the election, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif where he served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Special Education from June 2008 until June 2010.^[4] In June 2010, he was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prisons.^[6]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-272 (Bahawalpur-VI) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[7] He received 40,409 votes and defeated Muhammad Asghar, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[8] In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives.^[9]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from NA-168 Bahawalpur-V in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 122,302 votes and defeated Sami Ullah Chaudhary, an independent candidate supported by PTI.^[10]