Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar

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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]

Quick Facts Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Environment, Forest and Wildlife, Chief Minister ...
Muhammad Ishtiaq
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Environment, Forest and Wildlife
In office
30 August 2018  18 January 2023
Chief MinisterMahmood Khan
Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
In office
13 August 2018  18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-69 (Peshawar-IV)
In office
31 May 2013  28 May 2018
ConstituencyPK-11 (Peshawar-XI)
Personal details
BornSwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political partyPTI-P (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations
PTI (1997-2023)
OccupationPolitician
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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]

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