Malak Azmat Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-34 (Lower Dir)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Malik Azmat Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-34 (Lower Dir) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[1][2][3][4] He received 38,068 votes and defeated Muhammad Ayub Khan, a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP).[5] In April 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was made Minister of State for Inter-Provincial Coordination.[6] In June 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and was appointed as Minister of State for Inter Provincial Coordination where he continued to serve until March 2013.[7]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-34 (Lower Dir) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani general election[8][4] but was unsuccessful. He received 6,275 votes and lost the seat to Sahibzada Muhammad Yaqoob.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Intra-party rifts over tickets, past performance hitting PPP hard in Lower Dir". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "NA-34 Dir Lower: tough battle likely among JI, PPP and JUI-F". Business Recorder. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Degrees of 181 MPs remain unverified". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Lower Dir set for tough fight on May 11". The Nation. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cabinet reshuffle: Kaira back as govt's point man - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Ashraf" (PDF). Cabinet division. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Election fever: Record number of nomination papers filed in Lower Dir - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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