Istiqbal Khan

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Istiqbal Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
Constituency NA-28 (Buner)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political party Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F)
Parents Abdul Matin Khan (father) [1]

Istiqbal Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

National Assembly of Pakistan Legislative Assembly in Pakistan

The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan. The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 336 members, before 25th amendment they used to be 342' who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities. A political party must secure 137 seats to obtain and preserve a majority.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-28 (Buner) as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP) in by-polls held in 2008. [1] [2] [3] He received 30,903 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Bakht Jehan Khan. [4]

Awami National Party political party

The Awami National Party is a secular and leftist Pashtun nationalist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Asfandyar Wali Khan, grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, the ANP's political position is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.

In November 2010, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was made minister of state [5] without any portfolio until February 2011. [6] He also served as special assistant to the prime minister of Pakistan with the status of minister of state. [7] [8] [2]

Yousaf Raza Gillani Pakistani politician

Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, also spelled Gilani, is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008 until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012. He currently serves as the vice-chairman of the central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

In 2013, he left ANP and joined Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI-F). [2]

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  2. 1 2 3 "Former MNA quits ANP, joins JUI-F - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "NA-28 by-election". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "NA-28 election result". ECP. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Federal cabinet: The twists and turns". Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Gillani" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Minister`s portfolio changed". DAWN.COM. 13 March 2010. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Two new ministers inducted". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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