Faisal Zaman Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	MPA
Faisal Zaman
Office:	Members of Public Safety Commission
Term Start:	21 November 2016
Term End:	28 May 2018
Office1:	Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Term Start1:	13 August 2018
Term End1:	18 January 2023
Constituency1:	PK-42 (Haripur-III)
Nationality:	Pakistani
Party:	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (2023-present)
Otherparty:	PTI (2018-2022)
Occupation:	Politician
Term Start2:	31 May 2013
Term End2:	28 May 2018
Constituency2:	PK-52 (Haripur-IV)
Relations:	Raja Aamer Zaman (brother)
Father:	Raja Sikander Zaman

Raja Faisal Zaman is a Pakistani politician hailing from Haripur District, who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023.^[1] He also served as the chairman and a member of different committees.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Political career

Faisal Zaman was elected as the member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from PK-52 (Haripur-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^[7] In 2018, he was expelled from PTI for allegedly selling his vote in the Senate polls.^{[8] [9]}

He ran again for the PK-42 Haripur seat in 2018 General Elections and won as an Independent candidate.^[10] In 2021, he was arrested on murder case of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial deputy general secretary Malik Tahir Iqbal.^[11] In April 2022, he escaped from the MPA hostel which was declared as a sub-jail.^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faisal Zaman KP Assembly . 2022-10-24 . www.pakp.gov.pk.
2. Web site: STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 16 ON IRRIGATION AND POWER DEPARTMENT. www.pakp.gov.pk. 15 December 2017. 18 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118014043/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/committee/standing-committee-no-16-on-irrigation-and-power-department/. dead.
3. Web site: STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 15 ON INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. www.pakp.gov.pk. 15 December 2017. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107054323/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/committee/standing-committee-no-15-on-information-and-public-relations-department/. dead.
4. Web site: STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 10 ON FINANCE DEPARTMENT. www.pakp.gov.pk. 15 December 2017. 6 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171206181532/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/committee/standing-committee-no-10-on-finance-department/. dead.
5. Web site: STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 09 ON EXCISE AND TAXATION DEPARTMENT. www.pakp.gov.pk. 15 December 2017. 16 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216114711/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/committee/standing-committee-no-09-on-excise-and-taxation-department/. dead.
6. Web site: STANDING COMMITTEE NO. 08 ON HIGHER EDUCATION, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT. www.pakp.gov.pk. 15 December 2017. 24 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171224071858/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/committee/standing-committee-no-08-on-higher-education-archives-and-libraries-department/. dead.
7. News: PTI finalises names of candidates for KP. Khawar Ghumman. 3 April 2017. DAWN.COM. 3 April 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303201806/https://www.dawn.com/news/799852. 3 March 2017.
8. Web site: 2018-04-18 . PTI names and shames MPAs who 'sold votes' . 2022-10-24 . Daily Times . en-US.
9. Web site: Ashfaq . Mohammad . 2018-07-30 . Most of ex-MPAs expelled by PTI bite the dust . 2022-10-24 . DAWN.COM . en.
10. Web site: Notification . 24 October 2022 . 21 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200621201423/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/gazette2018/Provincial%20KPK1.pdf . dead .
11. Web site: Desk . BR Web . 2021-01-11 . PTI's MPA Faisal Zaman arrested in Abbottabad over murder charges . 2022-10-24 . Brecorder . en.
12. Web site: 2022-04-23 . PTI MPA Faisal Zaman flees from police custody in Peshawar . 2022-10-24 . 24 News HD . en.