Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance, in office from 27 August 2018 till April 2022.

He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023 under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

[2] His brother, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar is also a graduate from the college and is a politician who is considered to be in a political duo with Bakht.

[1] Bakht joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from PP-259 (Rahim Yar Khan-V) and from PP-261 (Rahim Yar Khan-VII) in 2018 Punjab provincial election.

[4] During his tenure as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance, he introduced budgets and financial legislation advocating for development in sectors of Punjab alongside Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and the PTI-led government.

[6] He ran for a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-171 Rahim Yar Khan-III as an Independent candidate in the 2024 Pakistani general election, but failed to win the seat as he became the runner-up to the PTI-backed Mumtaz Mustafa.