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, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (1997-2023)
OccupationPolitician

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]

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.
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