Muhammad Ishtiaq Explained

Muhammad Ishtiaq
Office:Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Environment, Forest and Wildlife
Term Start:30 August 2018
Term End:18 January 2023
Office1:Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Term Start1:13 August 2018
Term End1:18 January 2023
Constituency1:PK-69 (Peshawar-IV)
Term Start2:31 May 2013
Term End2:28 May 2018
Constituency2:PK-11 (Peshawar-XI)
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (2023-present)
Otherparty:PTI (1997-2023)
Birth Place:Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Occupation:Politician
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Mahmood Khan

Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar is a Pakistani politician from Peshawar who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023.[1]

Political career

He contested the 1997 North-West Frontier Province provincial election as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PF-7 Peshawar-VII, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,797 votes and was defeated by Hidayatullah Chamkani, a candidate of the Awami National Party (ANP).[2]

Ishtiaq was elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of the PTI from PK-11 (Peshawar-XI) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 15,153 votes and defeated Khalid Waqar, a candidate of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)).[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly as a candidate of the PTI from PK-69 Peshawar-IV in the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election. He received 17,652 votes and defeated Arbab Muhammad Usman Khan, an independent candidate.[4]

On 17 July 2023, he left the PTI and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI(P).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq. Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 9 June 2021.
  2. Web site: PF-7 Peshawar Election 1997 Full Result 1997 KPK Assembly . 2023-09-11 . www.electionpakistani.com.
  3. News: PTI finalises names of candidates for KP. Khawar Ghumman. 3 April 2017. Dawn. 3 April 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303201806/https://www.dawn.com/news/799852. 3 March 2017.
    - News: PTI's Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq wins PK-11. Geo TV. 12 May 2013. 27 December 2017.
  4. Web site: PK-69 Peshawar Election 2018 Full Result 2018 Vote Candidate . 2023-09-11 . www.electionpakistani.com.
  5. Web site: 2023-07-29 . PTI suspends membership of 22 party leaders . 2023-09-11 . ARY NEWS . en-US.