Political career
Azam contested the 1988 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as an independent candidate,but was unsuccessful. He received 12,188 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan,a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). [1]
He contested the 1990 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)),but was unsuccessful. He received 15,759 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan,a candidate of IJI. [1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province in the 1993 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Mahaz. He received 15,012 votes and defeated Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan,a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). [1]
He contested the 1997 Pakistani general election from NA-10 Karak as an independent candidate,but was unsuccessful. He received 5,845 votes and was defeated by Shams-ur-Rehman,a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP). He also contested the 1997 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of JUI(F),but was unsuccessful. He received 4,825 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan,an independent candidate. [1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province in the 2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from PF-41 Karak-II. He received 13,931 votes and defeated Muhammad Ayub Khan,a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)). [2]
After not being nominated by his party,JUI(F),he contested the 2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-41 Karak-II as an independent candidate,but was unsuccessful. He received 12,981 votes and was defeated by Malik Qasim Khan Khattak,a candidate of JUI(F). [3] [4]
He contested the 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a candidate of PML(N) from PK-41 Karak-II,but was unsuccessful. He received 16,362 votes and was defeated by Malik Qasim Khan Khattak,an independent candidate. [5]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of MMA from PK-86 (Karak-II) in the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election. He received 35,846 votes and defeated Malik Qasim Khan Khattak,a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [6]
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