Abdul Maalik Wazir Explained

Abdul Maalik Wazir
Office:	Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:	2002
Term End:	2013
Nationality:	Pakistani

Abdul Maalik Wazir is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-41 (Tribal Area-VI) as an independent candidate in the 2002 Pakistani general election.^[1] He received 8,005 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Muhammad Saleh Shah.^[2]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-41 (Tribal Area-VI) as an independent candidate in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^{[3] [4]} He received 7,957 votes and defeated Ghalib Khan.^[5] He was criticized for his poor performance during his tenure as Member of the National Assembly.

He contested the National Assembly Constituency NA-41 (Tribal Area-VI) as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI-F) in the 2013 Pakistani general election^{[6] [7]} but was unsuccessful. He received 3,045 votes and lost the seat to Ghalib Khan.^[8]

Notes and References

1. News: FATA politics: Voting in the shadow of the Taliban - The Express Tribune. 21 July 2017. The Express Tribune. 18 March 2013.
2. Web site: 2002 election result. ECP. 25 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf. 26 January 2018.
3. News: Maulana Abdul Malik declared NA-41 winner. 21 July 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
4. News: PHC stays notification of 2 NA, 4 PA seat results. 21 July 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
5. Web site: 2008 election result. ECP. 25 May 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf. 5 January 2018.
6. News: Ali. Zulfiqar. Elections: ANP, PPP face daunting task in hostile Waziristan. 21 July 2017. DAWN.COM. 4 April 2013. en.
7. News: JUI-F announces candidates for KPK elections. 21 July 2017. The Nation.
8. Web site: 2013 election result. ECP. 26 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf. 26 May 2018.