Nasir Khan Musazai 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 August 2018 till August 2023.

Political career

He contested the 2013 election from NA-4 Peshawar-IV as a candidate of the

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

(PML(N)), but was unsuccessful. He received 20,412 votes and was defeated by Gulzar Khan, a candidate of the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

(PTI). He contested a by-election in NA-4 Peshawar-IV as a candidate of the PML(N), but was unsuccessful. He received 24,790 votes and was defeated by Arbab Amir Ayub, a candidate of the PTI. On 14 April 2018, Musazai met with

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

, the chairman of the PTI, and joined the party. He was elected to the

as a candidate of the PTI from NA-29 Peshawar-III in the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He received 49,762 votes and defeated Mufti Naeem Jaan, a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , ) is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, Religion in Pakistan, religious, and right-wing parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed such a ...

(MMA). He had become one of 20 PTI dissidents in the National Assembly ahead of the

no-confidence motion against Imran Khan In April 2022, a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan led to his removal as the prime minister of Pakistan. Based largely on the Westminster system of legislature, the prime minister commands confidence of the majority of the lower house of ...

. On 15 January 2023, addressing a public gathering with Fazal-ur-Rehman, he announced that he had joined the

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 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 th ...

(JUI(F)).

References

External links

National Assembly of Pakistan , PERSONAL PROFILE , Mr. Nasir Khan Musazai
Living people Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs {{PakistanTehreekeInsaf-MNA-stub