Tahir Sadiq Khan is a

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politician who has been a member of the

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from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life

Khan was born into a

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family of the Khattar and is married to the sister of

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. He completed graduation from

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, Kakul in 1971. After retiring from the

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with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years.

Political career

He was elected to the

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as a candidate of

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(PML-N) from Constituency PP-12 (Attock-I) in the

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. He received 36,051 votes and defeated

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. In 2017, he joined

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(PTI). He was elected to the

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) in the

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. He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 (Attock-I) and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 (Attock-II) and defeated Malik Sohail Khan, a candidate of

(PML-N). In the same election, he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from

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. He received 62,337 votes and defeated

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. Following his election, he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 (Attock-I) and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 (Attock-II) and Punjab assembly seat PP-3 (Attock-III).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Tahir Sadiq Living people Pakistan Army officers Pakistani civil servants Punjab MPAs 1997–1999 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs Pakistan Military Academy alumni Chaudhry family People from Attock District Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan Mayors of places in Pakistan 1950 births