Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari

[3] He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-179 (Muzaffargarh-IV) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.

[4][5] He received 60,637 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Moazam Ali Khan Jatoi.

In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-258 (Muzaffargarh-VIII) but was unsuccessful.

[6] He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-179 (Muzaffargarh) in 2013 Pakistani general election.

[14] He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-185 (Muzaffargarh-V) in 2018 Pakistani general election.