Sultan was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan from
Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) in the
2002 Pakistani general election. He received 53,545 votes and defeated
Faisal Saleh Hayat. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-VI) as a candidate of PML-Q in the
2008 Pakistani general election. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from
Constituency NA-91 (Jhang-III) as a candidate of
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in the
2013 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 87,048 votes and lost the seat to
Najaf Abbas Sial. In March 2018, he joined
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency
NA-114 (Jhang-I) as a candidate of PTI in the
2018 Pakistani general election. He received 106,043 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat, a candidate
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). On 5 October 2018, Sultan was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister
Imran Khan and was appointed as
Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from
NA-108 Jhang-I as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the
2024 Pakistani general election. He received 169,676 votes and defeated Faisal Saleh Hayat, a candidate of PML(N). ==References==