Khushal Khan Kakar Explained

Khushal Khan Kakar
Nationality:	Pakistani
Party:	Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party
Father:	Usman Kakar^[1]

Khushal Khan Kakar (Urdu: خوشحال خان کاکڑ) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder of the Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party (PNAP).

Political career

Kakar established the Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party (PKNAP) on 27 December 2022, founding it as a distinct faction of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP).^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

He contested the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-251 Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah, NA-262 Quetta-I and NA-265 Pishin as a PKNAP candidate. He received 46,117 votes, 8,810 votes, and 31,436 votes, being defeated by Syed Samiullah of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)), Adil Khan Bazai, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) affiliated independent, and Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of the JUI(F), respectively.^[5]

Web site: Family Cries Foul In Pakistani Politician's Death From 'Head Injury' . 2024-04-13 . www.rferl.org.
Web site: Shahid . Saleem . 14 December 2022 . Situationer: Infighting That Bleeds PkMAP . 28 February 2024 . DAWN.COM . en . 12 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212184146/https://www.dawn.com/news/1726229 . live .
Web site: Shahid . Saleem . 28 December 2022 . PkMAP 'officially' splits . 28 February 2024 . DAWN.COM . en . 12 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240212184212/https://www.dawn.com/news/1728626 . live .
Web site: 29 December 2022 . Kakar demands new NAP against terrorism . 28 February 2024 . The Express Tribune . en.
Web site: Election Commission of Pakistan . 2024-04-12 . ecp.gov.pk . 2024-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240106074323/https://ecp.gov.pk/general-elections-2024 . live .