Sohail Shaukat Butt

Sohail Shaukat Butt (; born 1 April 1983

Political career

Butt ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-158 (Lahore-XXII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 21,696 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ghulam Habib Awan.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-130 (Lahore-XIII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election from the big rural constituency of Lahore. He defeated Ch Ijaz Dayaal and Samina Khalid Ghurki with big margin. He received 88,842 votes and defeated Samina Khalid Ghurki. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-158 (Lahore-XXII), but was unsuccessful. He received 102 votes and lost the seat to Malik Ghulam Habib Awan.

In 2013, it was reported that Butt was granted bail in three murder cases.

In 2017, Butt was found guilty of his involvement in the murder of a politician affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-164 (Lahore-XXI) in by-election held on 14 October 2018.