Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath

Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath (born 29 September 1976) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to May 2018. He has been serving as minister of State since March 2025.

Early life and education He was born on 29 September 1976 in Lahore.

He has the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which he received in 2001 from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College. He received 32,480 votes and defeated Haroon Ehsan Paracha, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha-I) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 45,686 votes and defeated Haji Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal, a candidate of PPP.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-28 (Sargodha-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 58,531 votes and defeated Hassan Inam Piracha, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In June 2017, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-82 Sargodha-I in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 108,954 votes and defeated Nadeem Afzal Chan, a candidate of PPP.