Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan

Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan (born 30 September 1971) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, from 5 October 2018 to 18 November 2019. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this positions from August 2018 till January 2023. He was earlier a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2013 on PTI Ticket.

Sahabzada Mehboob Sultan
Minister for States and Frontier Regions
In office 19 November 2019 – 10 April 2022
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Deputy	Shehryar Khan Afridi
Minister for National Food Security and Research
In office 5 October 2018 – 18 November 2019
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Succeeded by	Khusro Bakhtiar
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 February 2024
Constituency	NA-108 Jhang-I
In office 15 August 2018 – 25 January 2023
Constituency	NA-114 (Jhang-I)
In office 2002–2013
Constituency	NA-91 (Jhang-VI)
Personal details
Born	(1971-09-30) 30 September 1971 (age 53)
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	PTI (2018-present)
Other political affiliations	PMLN (2013-2018) PML(Q) (2002-2008)
Children	1
Residence	Jhang

Personal life

Mehboob Sultan was born on 30 September 1971 and belongs to a known political family of Pakistan. He spent most of his childhood in Lahore and studied in Aitchison College. He is a descendant of the famous Sufi mystic, poet and scholar Sultan Bahoo.^[1]

Political career

Sultan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in the 2002 Pakistani general election.^[2][3] He received 53,545 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat.^[4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of PML-Q in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[3] He received 75,803 votes and defeated Atta Ullah Khan, a candidate Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[5]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-III) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in the 2013 Pakistani general election,^[6] but was unsuccessful. He received 87,048 votes and lost the seat to Najaf Abbas Sial.^[7]

In March 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-114 (Jhang-I) as a candidate of PTI in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[9][10] He received 106,043 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat, a candidate Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[11]

On 5 October 2018, Sultan was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan^[12] and was appointed as Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research.^[13]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-108 Jhang-I as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 169,676 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat, a candidate of PML(N).^[14]