Sami Ullah Explained

Sami Ullah
Office:	Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term Start1:	2008
Term End1:	2013
Term Start2:	2013
Term End2:	2018
Constituency:	PK-65 (D.I. Khan-II)
Nationality:	Pakistani
Party:	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Sami Ullah Alizai is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 2008 to 2013 and then again from 2013 to 2018.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PF-65 (D.I. Khan-II) in by-polls held in 2008.^[1] In March 2012, he was inducted into the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and was appointed as Provincial Minister of NWFP for Industries and Commerce.^[2] In March 2013, he quit PPP.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PK-65 (D.I. Khan-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^[3] He received 25,921 votes and defeated Tariq Rahim Kundi, a candidate of PPP.^[4]

In May 2013, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Jumping ship: Former minister quits PPP - The Express Tribune. 29 April 2018. The Express Tribune. 30 March 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180430073438/https://tribune.com.pk/story/528387/jumping-ship-former-minister-quits-ppp/. 30 April 2018.
2. News: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gets new Commerce, Irrigation ministers. 29 April 2018. brecorder. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180430073439/http://fp.brecorder.com/2012/03/201203271169333/. 30 April 2018.
3. News: List of winners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats. 15 January 2018. www.thenews.com.pk. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180115034036/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429931. 15 January 2018.
4. Web site: 2013 election result. ECP. 29 April 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf. 1 February 2018.
5. News: Swelling ranks: Independent MPAs join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf - The Express Tribune. 29 April 2018. The Express Tribune. 19 May 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715175347/http://tribune.com.pk/story/551245/swelling-ranks-independent-mpas-join-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf/. 15 July 2014.