| Niaz Ahmed Jakhar | |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Term Start: | 13 August 2018 |
| Term End: | 25 January 2023 |
| Constituency: | NA-188 (Layyah-II) |
| Birth Place: | Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Party: | PTI (2014-present) |
| Children: | Malik Awais Jakhar (son) |
| Term Start1: | 2002 |
| Term End1: | 2007 |
| Constituency1: | NA-182 Layyah-II |
| Otherparty: | PPP (2002-2007) PML (Q) (2008-2013) Independent (2013) |
Niaz Ahmed Jakhar (or) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the 1988 Pakistani general election. He received 43,056 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Khurshid Ahmed Shah Bukhari, a candidate of Pakistan Awami Ittehad.[1]
He contested the 1990 Pakistani general election from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA), but was unsuccessful. He received 43,180 votes and was defeated by Syed Muhammad Khurshid Ahmed Shah Bukhari, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of PPP in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 64,650 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Haider Thind, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).
He contested the 1997 Pakistani general election from NA-139 Layyah-I as a candidate of PPP, but was unsuccessful. He received 37,933 votes and was defeated by Malik Ghulam Haider Thind, a candidate of PML(N).
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-182 Layyah-II as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 74,932 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Haider Thind, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)).[2]
He contested the 2008 Pakistani general election from NA-182 Layyah-II as a candidate of PML(Q), but was unsuccessful. He received votes and was defeated by Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, a candidate of PML(N).[3]
He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-182 Layyah-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 74,719 votes and was defeated by Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, a candidate of PML(N).[4]
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on 7 December 2014.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-188 (Layyah-II) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 109,854 votes and defeated Syed Muhammad Saqlain Shah Bukhari, a candidate of PML(N).[6]