Bakht Jehan Khan is a Pakistani politician from

Buner District Buner District (, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before receiving the status of a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District. Buner's elevation starts at 1200 ft in the S ...

who served as Speaker of

Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...

from 2002 to 2007, belongs to

Jamaat e Islami Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamist fundamentalist movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamist author and theorist Syed Abul Ala Maududi, who was inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood. It is considered one of the most influential Islami ...

Political career

Bakht Jehan Khan,

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candidate for the post of Speaker bagged 81 votes, and Ikramullah Shahid from

Mardan Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). ...

candidate for the office of Deputy Speaker, secured equal number of votes, 81 in 27 Nov 2002. Mr Jehan, who turned from Buner, belongs to the

Jamaat-i-Islami Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamist fundamentalist movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamist author and theorist Syed Abul Ala Maududi, who was inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood. It is considered one of the most influential Islam ...

and Mr Shahid is affiliated with the

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan also known the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (; ; JUI (F)) is an Islamic fundamentalist political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the ...

, both main components of the six-party religious alliance. Then he become speaker of provincial assembl

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Bakht Jehan Living people Pashtun politicians People from Buner District Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan politicians Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1953 births

Political career

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