Abdul Qahar Wadan Explained

Abdul Qahar Wadan
Office:	Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:	30 August 2013
Term End:	31 May 2018
Constituency:	NA-262 (Killa Abdullah)
Nationality:	Pakistani
Party:	Pakhtun-khwa Milli Awami Party

Abdul Qahar Khan Wadan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2013 to May 2018.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Pakhtun-khwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) from Constituency PB-12 (Qilla Abdullah-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 5,822 votes and lost the seat to Zmrak Khan.^[1]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of the PKMAP from Constituency NA-262 (Killa Abdullah) in by-election held in August 2013.^{[2] [3]} The seat became vacant after Mehmood Khan Achakzai who won it May 2013 election vacated the seat in order to retain the seat won in his home National Assembly constituency.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013 election result. ECP. 7 April 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf. 1 February 2018.
2. News: By-elections spring some upsets. 6 March 2017. DAWN.COM. 23 August 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305115108/https://www.dawn.com/news/1037757. 5 March 2017.
3. News: PML-N, PkMAP emerge victorious in Balochistan. 6 March 2017. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123536/http://nation.com.pk/national/23-Aug-2013/pml-n-pkmap-emerge-victorious-in-balochistan. 7 March 2017.
4. News: Mehmood Khan Achakzai leading in two NA seats. 9 April 2017. DAWN.COM. 11 May 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051348/https://www.dawn.com/news/1026893/mehmood-khan-achakzai-leading-in-two-na-seats. 10 April 2017.