| Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti | |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Term Start: | 29 February 2024 |
| Term End: | 25 October 2024 |
| Constituency: | NA-85 Sargodha-IV |
| Term Start1: | 4 November 2022 |
| Term End1: | 10 August 2023 |
| Constituency1: | NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1963 |
| Party: | PMLN (2013–present) |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Term Start2: | 13 August 2018 |
| Term End2: | February 2019 |
| Successor1: | Himself |
| Successor2: | Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema |
| Predecessor: | Khuda Dad |
| Predecessor1: | Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema |
| Term Start3: | 1 June 2013 |
| Term End3: | 31 May 2018 |
| Successor3: | Himself |
| Predecessor2: | Himself |
| Constituency2: | NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) |
| Constituency3: | NA-67 (Sargodha-IV) |
Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti (; born 1 October 1963) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from November 2022 to August 2023, from August 2018 to February 2019, and from June 2013 to May 2018.
He was born on 1 October 1963.[1]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-67 (Sargodha-IV) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 66,392 votes and lost the seat to Anwar Ali Cheema.[2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-67 (Sargodha-IV) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He received 109,132 votes and defeated Anwar Ali Cheema.[8]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] In August 2018, the Lahore High Court barred the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from issuing victory notification for Bhatti after the runner-up candidate Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), moved the ECP and challenged the victory of Bhatti.[10] [11] Following which the ECP ordered re-polling in the constituency.[12]
On 2 February, re-polling were held in NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) in which Bhatti lost the seat to Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema. His membership was consequently revoked in February 2019.[13]
He successfully challenged the re-polling decision in the Supreme Court and his membership was reinstated on 4 November 2022.[14]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from NA-85 Sargodha-IV in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 121,015 votes and defeated Mian Khudadad Kalyar, an independent candidate supported by PTI. [15]