Arif Masih Bhatti
{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arif Masih Bhatti
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
| term_start = June 2013
| term_end = 28 May 2018
|constituency= Reserved seat for minorities
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
|nationality = Pakistani
}}
Arif Masih Bhatti is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 11 April 1970 in Sialkot.{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh|url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/436|website=www.pas.gov.pk|accessdate=27 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610015741/http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/31/436|archivedate=10 June 2017}}
Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on reserved seat for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=PML-N secures maximum number of reserved seats in NA|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/|accessdate=27 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103061614/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/|archivedate=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=Notification reserved seats Sindh 2013|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Sindh.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=27 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127124711/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Sindh.pdf|archivedate=27 January 2018}}
In June 2017, he quit MQM to join Pakistan Peoples Party.{{cite news|title=MQM minority MPA joins PPP - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1429794/mqm-minority-mpa-joins-ppp/|accessdate=27 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=7 June 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607153702/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1429794/mqm-minority-mpa-joins-ppp/|archivedate=7 June 2017}}
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