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]
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]