Shahjee Gul Afridi Explained

Alhaj Shah Gee Gul Afridi
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:1 June 2013
Term End:31 May 2018
Constituency:NA-45 (Khyber Agency)
Birth Date:1 January 1961
Nationality:Pakistani
Party: PMLN (2023-present)
Relatives:Taj Muhammad Afridi (brother)
Shafiq Sher Afridi (nephew)
Native Name:الحاج شاہ جی گل آفریدی
Otherparty:Tehreeke Islahate Pakistan (2021-2023)
Children:Bilawal Afridi (son)
Native Name Lang:ur

Alhaj Shahjee Gul Afridi (; born 1 January 1961) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1961.[1]

He is brother of Taj Muhammad Afridi.[2]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-46 (Tribal Area-XI) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Khalilur Rehman Afridi.[3]

He was elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-45 (Tribal Area-X) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4] [5] [6] He received 29,697 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri.[7]

He ran for the National Assembly as an independent candidate from NA-43 Khyber-I in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 30,151 votes and was defeated by Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

On 14 August 2021, he founded his own political party called Tehreeke Islahate Pakistan with the objective of starting reforms across the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas. On 13 June 2023, he joined and merged his party with the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detail Information. www.pildat.org. PILDAT. 25 April 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20170426064116/http://www.pildat.org/MNA/rsDetail.asp?detid=45. 26 April 2017.
  2. News: Last four seats: Boycott mars election of four FATA senators - The Express Tribune. 25 August 2017. The Express Tribune. 21 March 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824221306/https://tribune.com.pk/story/856671/last-four-seats-boycott-mars-election-of-four-fata-senators/. 24 August 2017.
  3. Web site: 2002 election result. ECP. 24 February 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf. 26 January 2018.
  4. News: Karachi-based business tycoon becomes senator from Fata. 4 March 2017. www.thenews.com.pk. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828192517/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/11579-karachi-based-business-tycoon-becomes-senator-from-fata. 28 August 2016.
  5. News: Accusations: PTI accuses KP governor of partiality - The Express Tribune. 4 March 2017. The Express Tribune. 7 May 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305041736/https://tribune.com.pk/story/545469/accusations-pti-accuses-kp-governor-of-partiality/. 5 March 2017.
  6. News: Kurram's displaced: NA-38 candidates ask ECP to delay election - The Express Tribune. 4 March 2017. The Express Tribune. 17 May 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034859/https://tribune.com.pk/story/550341/kurrams-displaced-na-38-candidates-ask-ecp-to-delay-election/. 5 March 2017.
  7. Web site: 2013 election result. ECP. 23 April 2018. 1 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: 2023-06-12 . Afridi finds home in PML-N . 2023-06-21 . The Express Tribune.