Muhammad Azhar Khan Jadoon (; both 3 April 1960) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

Jadoon was born on 3 April 1960.

Political career

Jadoon ran for the seat of the

as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 30,949 votes and lost the seat to

Amanullah Khan Jadoon Amanullah Khan Jadoon is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources from 2002 to 2007. Political career Amanullah Khan Jadoon was twice elected as an MPA, (Member of the Provincial Assembly) of Khy ...

. Jadoon ran for the seat of National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 36,668 votes and lost the seat to

Sardar Mehtab Abbasi Mehtab Abbasi (Urdu/Hindko: ; born 13 January 1953) is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad who began his political career as an independent candidate in the 1985 election. He won seats in both the provincial and national assembly. He also ...

. Jadoon was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

from Constituency NA-17 (Abbottabad-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 96,549 votes and defeated Sardar Mehtab Abbasi.

References

Living people Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pashtun people People from Abbottabad District Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1960 births {{Pakistan-MNA-stub