Masood Abbas Khattak is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-6 (Nowshera-II) as a candidate of

Awami National Party The Awami National Party (ANP; , ; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Aimal Wali Khan, g ...

(ANP) in the

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

. He received 36,835 votes and defeated Jamshaid ud Din. In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani (born 9 June 1952) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 2024. Chairman Gilani served as the acti ...

and was made Minister of State for Local Government and Rural Development where he served December 2012. From December 2011 to February 2012, he remained in the federal cabinet as Minister of State without any portfolio. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of ANP from Constituency NA-6 (Nowshera-II) in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 20,316 votes and lost the seat to Siraj Muhammad Khan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbas, Masood Awami National Party politicians People from Nowshera District Living people Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people)