Malik Ehsan Ullah Tiwana

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-94 (Khushab-II) as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2018 Pakistani general election.[1] Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana is a Pakistani politician from Punjab District Khushab. He was born in the village Hassanpur Tiwana and belongs to a family known for politics, horse riding and large land holdings in Punjab. He is from the Tiwana family of Punjab, Pakistan and is a relative of late Nawab Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (last premier of Punjab). His paternal cousin Sir Feroz Khan Noon served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. His elder brother Malik Khuda Buksh Tiwana founded his own independent political group called the "Awami Group" in district Khushab and served as the provincial minister several times with his group having a strong role in local politics i.e providing as the platform for famous politicians including Malik Naeem Awan, Sumaira Malik and Malik Waris Kalu. His other elder brother Malik Ghulam Muhammad and younger brother Malik Saif Tiwana have each served as MNA and MPA. Malik Ehsan Tiwana studied at the Aitchison College and is known among the alumni due to serving a term as the head boy of the college. He then did his bachelor's degree in finance from University of South Florida. He is among the very few educated political leaders in Pakistan and probably the only elected representative from District Khushab to have such an educational background. He entered politics for the first time in 1992 when he was elected twice as the chairman of District Council Khushab and then in 2001 till 2005, he served as the District Nazim of Khushab under the Musharraf tenure. He is hailed for being the man behind the inauguration and planning of Greater Thal Canal, bringing Sui Gas connections to a rural constituency for the first time in 2006 and reviving govt schools including the DPS among other major development projects in this term. In 2010, he joined the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf on the invitation of Imran Khan. Since 2010 he has been a loyal and committed party worker, making district Khushab a stronghold of PTI, prioritizing it over his family's personal vote bank and political group. He has served as a member of the PTI national and provincial executive committees in 2011 and 2015 respectively and in 2018 he led PTI's clean sweep in district Khushab by winning NA 94 by a hefty margin alongside playing a huge role in PTI's success in NA 93, PP 82 and PP 83. PTI ideological workers have huge respect for him and label him as a grassroots ideological political worker and a practicing agriculturist. According to the Pakistan Today, when he was denied a party ticket in 2018 elections in the primary lists, the Provincial assembly panel from Khushab vowed to return their tickets to the leadership, meanwhile ideological PTI workers protested the ticket being given to Mr. Gul Asghar Baghoor who failed to win his home UC seat and secured a mere 7000 votes on PP 42 in 2013 despite having the PTI ticket. However soon after the protests and campaigns, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf announced its decision in favor of Malik Ehsan Ullah Tiwana. In 2019, He was made the chairman for the Parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs under the PTI govt.

His term is proving to be popular in the constituency due to his efforts for revival of Greater Thal Canal project and establishment of Khushab's first official govt university "Jouhar University", Muzaffargarh road and Girote Road projects being accepted. He is well respected figure even in opposition benches due to his humble nature and constructive approach. He represents the PTI govt and Pak's foreign policy on prime time TV channels as well as represents Pakistan's stance in conferences held in various countries. In 2019 December he led the National Assembly delegation to China and represented Pakistan delegation to Headquarters of the United Nations, Turkish Parliament and Chinese Parliament. He represents Pakistan's rural population and has been the voice for Pakistan's small scale farmers' rights in the Parliament.