Arbab Amir Ayub Explained

Arbab Amir Ayub
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:29 February 2024
Constituency:NA-29 Peshawar-II
Term Start1:13 August 2018
Term End1:20 January 2023
Constituency1:NA-28 (Peshawar-II)
Nationality:Pakistani
Relatives:Arbab Muhammad Zahir (brother)
Party:PTI (2017-present)
Education:none
Term Start2:2 November 2017
Term End2:31 May 2018
Constituency2:NA-4 (Peshawar-IV)

Arbab Amir Ayub is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023 and from November 2017 to May 2018.

Early life and education

Ayub undergraduated in marketing from the United Kingdom.[1]

Political career

Ayub served as a mayor (town nazim) of Peshawar Town 4[2] from 2005 to 2009[3] as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP).[4]

He left ANP to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in May 2017.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) in by-polls held in October 2017, following the seat fell vacant after the death of Gulzar Khan.[6] [7] He secured 47,586 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-28 (Peshawar-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] He received 74,414 votes and defeated Sabir Hussain Awan, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: NA-4 by-election: The candidates. 26 October 2017. Geo News. 25 October 2017.
  2. News: NA-4 by-election: Canvassing end at midnight - The Express Tribune. 4 November 2017. The Express Tribune. 24 October 2017.
  3. News: NA-4 by-elections: A test case for 2018 general election. 26 October 2017. Pakistan Today. 22 October 2017. Shamim Shahid.
  4. News: NA-4 by-election a test of PTI's popularity. 4 November 2017. The Nation. 25 October 2017.
  5. News: Peshawar: ANP's Arbab Amir joins PTI - Pakistan - Dunya News. 4 November 2017. dunyanews.tv.
  6. News: PTI retains NA seat in Peshawar by-election with 45,734 votes. 27 October 2017. DAWN.COM. 27 October 2017.
  7. News: PTI retains NA-4 seat from Peshawar - The Express Tribune. 27 October 2017. The Express Tribune. 26 October 2017.
  8. News: PTI wins NA-4 by-election - Samaa TV. 23 February 2018. www.samaa.tv.
  9. News: PTI remains on top with 65 PA seats in KP . 1 August 2018 . The Nation . 26 July 2018.
  10. Web site: NA-28 Result - Election Results 2018 - Peshawar 2 - NA-28 Candidates - NA-28 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk . www.thenews.com.pk . 1 August 2018 . en.