Muhammad Hashim Dogar

{{short description|Pakistani politician}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Muhammad Hashim Dogar | term_start = 6 August 2022 | term_end = 11 October 2022 | office1 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | term_start1 = 15 August 2018 | term_end1 = 30, March 2022 | constituency1 = PP-177 Kasur-IV | party = TLP (2025-present) | term1 = 27 August 2018 | office = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons | 1namedata = Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi | 1namedata1 = | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1blankname1 = | 2blankname = Governor | 2namedata = Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman | predecessor = Attaullah Tarar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|6|28}} | successor = Omer Sarfraz Cheema | minister = Population and welfare | Incumbent = | office2 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Irrigation | term_start2 = 14 October 2022 | term_end2 = 14 January 2023 | other_party = IPP (2023-2025)<br>PTI (2018-2023) | office3 = }}

'''Muhammad Hashim Dogar''' is a Pakistani politician who had served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons from 6 August 2022 to 11 October 2022. He had also served as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare from 6 September 2018 to 1 April 2022. He served in the Pakistan Army for 26 years. He served in an infantry battalion and later in the intelligence corps.

He is from Jamsher Kalan, Kanganpur Tehsil Chunian, Kasur.

==Political career==

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from PP-177 (Kasur-IV) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/PP-177 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |publisher=The News |accessdate=29 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar without any ministerial portfolio.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aleem Khan steps away from business before taking oath as minister |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/27/aleem-khan-resigns-from-business-before-punjab-cabinet-oath-taking/ |accessdate=28 August 2018 |work=Pakistan Today |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> On 6 September 2018, he was appointed Provincial Minister of Punjab for Population Welfare. He served in this position till the resignation of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on 1 April 2022.

He was later inducted into the cabinet of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Home and Prisons on 6 August 2022. He resigned from his position on 11 October 2022 due to "personal commitments and some health issues".<ref>{{cite news |title=Five ministers of Punjab get portfolios |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/455767-Punjab-govt-cabinet-ministers-portfolios |accessdate=6 September 2018 |work=Dunya News |date=6 September 2018}}</ref>

He left the PTI in the wake of the 2023 Pakistani protests, and on 15 August 2023, joined the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-27 |title=Hashim Dogar, other former lawmakers follow suit in leaving PTI |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1756202 |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-16 |title=Col Hashim Dogar joins IPP |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/16-Aug-2023/col-hashim-dogar-joins-ipp |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=www.nation.com.pk}}</ref>

He contested the 2024 Pakistani general election as a candidate of the IPP from NA-133 Kasur-III, but was unsuccessful. He received 4,289 votes and was defeated by Azeemuddin Zahid Lakhvi, an independent candidate supported by the PTI. He also contested the 2024 Punjab provincial election as a candidate of the IPP from PP-180 Kasur-VI, but was unsuccessful. He received 21,421 votes and was defeated by Ahsan Raza Khan, an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of Pakistan |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=ecp.gov.pk}}</ref>

He left the IPP on 11 August 2025.

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