Malik Muhammad Akhtar

Malik Muhammad Akhtar (1915–1999) was a Pakistani politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and for Fuel Power and Natural Resources, human rights advocate and lawyer.

[1][2][3][4] Malik Akhtar belonged to a Pashtun – Kakazai business family of Lahore and he joined politics at a young age and was elected as a councillor in Lahore pre-1947, following in the footsteps of his maternal uncle Muhammad Din Malik.

[5] Malik Akhtar continued in politics and was elected as an Independent Member of the West Pakistan Provincial Assembly (1965–1969) from Lahore.

[6] In 1970, he joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and was elected from Lahore NW-58.

He played a key role in the formation of Pakistan's constitution in 1973.