Mehar Muhammad Aslam Bharwana

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-127 (Jhang-IV) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. He received 27,353 votes and defeated Mehar Muhammad Nawaz, a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[1]

He joined PTI following his election.^[2]

On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.^[3] On 13 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives.^[4]

On 2 November 2020, he was removed from his post of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperative. On 21 May 2022, he was de-seated due to his vote against party policy for the Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022.^[5]

He ran as a candidate of the PTI in the subsequent by-election, but was unsuccessful. He received 47,413 votes and was defeated by Mehar Muhammad Nawaz, a candidate of the PMLN.^[6]