Soran Singh | |
---|---|
Special Assistant on Minority Affairs Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [1] | |
In office 3 September 2013 [2] –22 April 2016 | |
Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly | |
In office May 2013 –22 April 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Soran Singh |
Died | 22 April 2016 Pir Baba,Buner District,Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Residence(s) | Bacha Kalay,Pir Baba,Buner District,Pakistan |
Profession | Doctor TV anchor Politician |
Soran Singh (died 22 April 2016) was a Pakistani Sikh doctor,TV anchor,politician [3] and Minister of Minorities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [4] [5] Before joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2011,he was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan for nine years. He was also member of Tehsil council,Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and Evacuee Trust Property Board. He also hosted the programme Za Hum Pakistani Yam for three and a half years with Khyber News. [6]
He was gunned down in a targeted attack near his house on Friday,22 April 2016. [7] [8] [9] [10] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police later arrested Baldev Kumar,who allegedly orchestrated Singh's murder due to political rivalry,and hired paid assassins for the purpose. Kumar wanted to contest elections from the same party on a reserved minority seat. He developed differences with Singh when the latter was picked for the seat. [11] [12] Kumar was acquitted by an anti-terrorism court in 2018 for lack of "solid evidence." [13] Expressing his disquiet with the verdict,Soran's son Ajay Singh at the time had said:"We are dissatisfied with the verdict but due to lacking resources,it is impossible for us to challenge it in the superior courts." [13] According to Ajay,the accused had also made confessional statements before the police and courts regarding the murder. [13] Kumar alleged that he was wrongly accused because of his religion. [14]
Mardan District is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district is named after Mardan city,which is also the headquarters of the district. The district is famous for its agriculture industry and its archaeological sites,specifically of Takht-i-Bhai,Jamal Garhi and Sawal Dher.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan,who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI ranks among the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML–N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and it is the largest party in terms of representation in the National Assembly of Pakistan since the 2018 general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad,it claims to be the country's largest political party by primary membership,as well as one of the largest political parties in the world.
Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad who began his political career as an independent candidate in the 1985 election. He won seats in both the provincial and national assembly. He also won all subsequent elections up to that of 2013.
South Punjab,also proposed as Bahawalpur-South Punjab or Sairaikistan,are the names for the proposals to create a new so called province in Pakistan,out of the southern regions of Punjab. The region comprises the Bahawalpur,Multan,Sahiwal and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions. The proposed province would form about 52 percent of the total area and almost 40 percent of the population of the current Punjab province.
The Pakistan Interfaith League is an interfaith organization in Pakistan.
Asad Qaiser is a Pakistani politician. He is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan,served from August 2018 to April 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously,he was the member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018 and served as the 14th Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly,from May 2013 to August 2018.
Pervez Khattak administration was the coalition of provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI),Qaumi Watan Party (QWP),and Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan (AJIP). AJIP later merged itself with PTI.
Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,in office since 2 March 2024. He served as the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan from 5 October 2018 to 10 April 2022. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Sajida Zulfiqar is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur was a Pakistani politician,and a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf who served as provisional Minister for Agriculture in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. He was elected to his late brother,Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur,ex law minister's seat through a by-election.
Arbab Jahandad Khan is a Pakistani politician hailing from Peshawar,who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023,belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Nadia Sher Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018.
Ali politician is a Pakistani politician.
Najma Shaheen is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,since May 2013.
Sobia Shahid is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,from August 2018 to January 2023 and from May 2013 to May 2018.
Nighat Orakzai is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 till January 2023.
Zar Gul Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,from April 2017 to May 2018.
Babar Saleem Khan Swati is a Pakistani politician and landlord who is the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 29 February,2024. He is member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the constituency PK -37 Mansehra -II. Previously,he was a member of the Provincial Assembly from 2018 to 2022 and served as Advisor to the Chief Minister on Home and Tribal Affairs from October 2022 till January 2023. He belongs to the Jehangiri family within the Swati tribe of Mansehra.
Harkishan Garh Fort is a fort in Haripur,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan.