Syed Alla-ud-din Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

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from 2008 to 2013, representing the constituency NA-30 (Swat-II) as a member of

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. He ran for a re-election in 2013, but lost to

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Early life and education

Khan was born on 2 February 1951 in

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, NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). In 1974, he completed his MSc Physics from the

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, and did his

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from the same institution in 1977. A lawyer by profession, he has twice served as the President of the Swat District Bar Association. He was elected as a member of the Swat District Council in 1983, and became its chairman in 1987.

Political career

Khan joined the

in the early 1990s. He was elected as an MPA of the NWFP Assembly in 1993, and served as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly from 1993 to 1996. He ran for the seat of the

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as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) (PPP-S) from Constituency PF-88 (Swat-VII) in the

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 5,383 votes and lost the seat to Mufti Hussain Ahmad, a candidate of

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(MMA). He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-30 (Swat-II) as a candidate of

(PPP) in the

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. He received 24,063 votes and defeated Shujaat Ali Khan, a candidate of

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(PML-Q). He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-30 (Swat-II) as a candidate of PPP in the

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but was unsuccessful. He received 16,373 votes and lost the seat to

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Syed Alla-ud-din People from Swat District Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 1951 births