Shaista Khan (Pakistani politician)

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Shaista Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2024.

Political career

She ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PK-46 Haripur-I in the 2024 Pakistani general election, but she was unsuccessful. She received 6,422 votes and lost the seat to Akbar Ayub Khan who received 68,835 votes. [1] [2]

Following the election, she secured a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan through a reserved quota for women as a candidate of PML-N. [3]

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References

  1. "PK-46 Election Result 2024 Haripur 1, Cadidates List". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. "PK-46 Election Result 2024 Haripur-I, Candidates List". ARYNEWS. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. "ECP allocates women's reserved seats to parties based on election results". The Nation. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.