Shoukat Ali Laleka

Shoukat Ali Laleka was born on 1 January 1961 in Bahawalnagar. ==Political career==

Laleka was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 21,077 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Muhammad Tariq Amin Hotiana. Laleka ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 37 votes and lost the seat to Noor Muhammad Ghaffari, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). Laleka was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PML-N from PP-226 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 27,467 votes and defeated Mian Manzoor Ahmed Mohal, a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He received 38,673 votes and defeated Syed Nazar Mehmood Shah, an independent candidate. Laleka was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-238 (Bahawalnagar-II) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. Laleka joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following the election. ==Provincial Minister==

On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. On 13 September 2018, he was appointed Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr. ==Death==

Shoukat Ali Laleka was injured in a traffic accident on his way to Islamabad. He was moved to a hospital in Lahore where he underwent treatment and later died on 8 September 2023. He was 62. His wife was also killed in the accident. ==References==