Lal Chand
لال چند
Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Human Rights
In office
27 September 2018 – 10 April 2022
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Shehbaz Sharif
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for minorities
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for minorities
In office
17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013
ConstituencyReserved seat for minorities
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan People's Party (2008-2013)

Lal Chand Malhi (Urdu: لال چند ملہی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 3 February 1973.[1]

He received his education from Umerkot and Hyderabad. He graduated from the University of Sindh.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a seat reserved for minorities as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[2]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a seat reserved for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in 2018 Pakistani general election.[5]

On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for human rights.[6] He has spoken in support of the Shri Krishna Mandir temple in Islamabad.[7] He condemned the 2020 Karak temple attack,[8] where a mob of 1,500 local Muslims led by a local Islamic cleric and the supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party attacked and burnt the temple.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lal Chand Malhi". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (29 May 2013). "Women, minority seats allotted". Dawn. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Jalil, Xari (22 September 2014). "Is the NA apathetic towards minority issues?". Dawn. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities". Dawn. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "15 MNAs appointed as parliamentary secretaries". Pakistan Today. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Abi-Habib, Maria (July 8, 2020). "Islamists Block Construction of First Hindu Temple in Islamabad". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. 'When we broke ground, the prime minister told us in a meeting that he was quite happy that the temple would give a good image of Pakistan to the outside world,' said Lal Chand Mahli, a Hindu parliamentarian and member of the governing party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 'A Hindu temple in the capital,' he added, 'was going to show the world that Pakistan is a place for all religions.'
  8. ↑ Ahmad, Imtiaz (31 December 2020). "Hindu temple in Pakistan vandalised, set on fire". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pakistan arrests more than a dozen over Hindu temple attack". Al Jazeera. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.


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