Muhammad Tahir Randhawa

Muhammad Tahir Randhawa is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to May 2022.

Muhammad Tahir Randhawa
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office 15 August 2018 – 21 May 2022
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Chief Minister	Usman Buzdar Hamza Shahbaz
Constituency	PP-282 Layyah-III
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Punjab, Pakistan
In office 15 August 2018 – 21 May 2022
Personal details
Born	Chowk Azam, Layyah, Pakistan
Party	IPP (2025-present)
Other political affiliations	PMLN (2022-2024) PTI (2018-2022)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Ghalla Mandi, Chowk Azam
Known for	Randhawa clan

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-282 Layyah-III in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[1]

He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following his election.^[2] Mr Randhawa joined Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf following a meeting with Jahangir Khan Tareen. In April 2021, Randhawa attended a meeting with Tareen following new sugar scandal cases against the later in Pakistan. Tareen discussed his concerns with him along with many other PTI MNAs and MPA’s.^[3]

He was de-seated due to his vote against party policy for the Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022.^[4] He ran in the resulting by-election for PP-282 Layyah-III as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), but was unsuccessful. He received 38,758 votes and was defeated by Qaisar Abbas Khan Magsi, a candidate of the PTI.