Malik Muhammad Amir Dogar (born 1 January 1972) is a Pakistani politician from Multan who has served in the National Assembly of Pakistan across several terms since 2014. His father was Senator Malik Salah-ud-Din Dogar.
Dogar holds an MA in Political Science and an LLB. He was elected Mayor of Multan in 2002 and later won a seat in the Provincial Assembly of Punjab on a Pakistan Peoples Party ticket in 2008. In 2014, contesting as an independent candidate backed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he won a closely watched National Assembly by-election in Multan, defeating veteran politician Javed Hashmi.
Dogar was re-elected to the National Assembly on a PTI ticket in 2018, and served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs from 2020 to 2022 during Imran Khan’s government, alongside chairing a National Assembly standing committee.
In the 2024 general election, Dogar was re-elected from NA-149 Multan-II as a PTI-backed independent candidate, defeating businessman-politician Jahangir Tareen. He unsuccessfully contested the position of Speaker of the National Assembly, and currently serves as Chief Whip of PTI’s parliamentary party in the National Assembly.
| Year | Party | Constituency | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PPP | PP-198 Multan-V | Won |
| 2013 | PPP | NA-149 Multan-II | Lost |
| 2014 | Independent (PTI-backed, by-election) | NA-149 Multan-II | Won |
| 2018 | PTI | NA-155 Multan-II | Won |
| 2024 | Independent (PTI-backed) | NA-149 Multan-II | Won |
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