Muhammad Ishtiaq

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]

Muhammad Ishtiaq
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Environment, Forest and Wildlife
In office 30 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
Chief Minister	Mahmood Khan
Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
Constituency	PK-69 (Peshawar-IV)
In office 31 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
Constituency	PK-11 (Peshawar-XI)
Personal details
Born	Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	PTI (1997-2023)
Occupation	Politician

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]

References

1. "Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq". Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
2. "PF-7 Peshawar Election 1997 Full Result 1997 KPK Assembly". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
3. Khawar Ghumman (3 April 2013). "PTI finalises names of candidates for KP". Dawn. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
   - "PTI's Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq wins PK-11". Geo TV. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
4. "PK-69 Peshawar Election 2018 Full Result 2018 Vote Candidate". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
5. "PTI suspends membership of 22 party leaders". ARY NEWS. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.