Junaid Akbar | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 29 February 2024 |
Constituency: | NA-9 Malakand |
Term Start1: | 13 August 2018 |
Term End1: | 20 January 2023 |
Constituency1: | NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area) |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1977 |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2013-present) |
Majority1: | 37,586 (20.16%) |
Term Start2: | 1 June 2013 |
Term End2: | 31 May 2018 |
Majority2: | 28,983 (20.85%) |
Constituency2: | NA-35 (Malakand) |
Junaid Akbar (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|جنید اکبر; born 23 March 1977) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till January 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018. Junaid Akbar is one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He has luminous services for the party in various capacities including that of Provincial Joint Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He was born on 26 October.[1]
Akbar was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2] [3] [4] [5] He received 51,312 votes and defeated a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F).[6]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[7] He received 81,310 votes and defeated Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party.[8]