Sher Akbar Khan (; born 1 April 1957) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously he was a member of the

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from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 April 1957.

Political career

Khan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) (PPP–S) from Constituency NA-28 (Buner) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 34,224 votes and defeated Abdul Mateen Khan, a candidate of

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(ANP). Khan ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP–S from Constituency NA-28 (Buner) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 17,241 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Mateen Khan, a candidate of ANP. Khan was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of

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(JI) from Constituency NA-28 (Buner) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 29,170 votes and defeated a candidate of

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(PTI). In October 2017, he quit JI and joined PTI. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency

NA-9 (Buner) NA-10 Buner () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers the whole of district Buner. The constituency was formerly known as NA-28 (Buner) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-10 (Buner) after the delimitation in 202 ...

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. He received 58,037 votes and defeated Kamran Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).

References

Living people Pashtun people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1957 births People from Buner District Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan politicians Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{Pakistan-MNA-stub