Dawar Khan Kundi

Dawar Khan Kundi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
25 September 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency NA-25 (D.I.Khan-Tank)
Personal details
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Dawar Khan Kundi (Urdu: داور خان کندی‬‎) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from September 2013 to May 2018.

Political career

Kundi ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-25 (D.I.Khan-cum-Tank) as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Pakistani general election, 2002,[1] but was unsuccessful. He received 31,976 votes and lost the seat to Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman.[2]

Kundi ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-25 (D.I.Khan-cum-Tank) as a candidate of PPP in Pakistani general election, 2008 but was unsuccessful.[3][4][5] He received 39,450 votes and lost the seat to Atta-ur-Rehman.[6]

Kundi ran for the seat of National Assembly from Constituency NA-25 (D.I.Khan-cum-Tank) as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Pakistani general election, 2013[7] but was unsuccessful. He received 47,543 votes and lost the seat to[8] Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman.[9] Fazal-ur-Rehman later vacated the seat in order to retain the seat he had won in his home constituency NA-24 (D.I.Khan).[10]

Kundi was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-25 (D.I.Khan-cum-Tank) in by-election held in September 2013. He received 64,218 votes and defeated a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F).[11][12] He was the only MNA who voted against the constitutional amendment bill for FATA-KP merger in May 2018.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Fazl vacates NA-25 seat". DAWN.COM. 16 November 2002. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Bilour's bastion". DAWN.COM. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Result of NA seat still awaited". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Electioneering in full swing for Tank by-polls". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "PTI announces candidates for KPK". The Nation. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Bilour's bastion". DAWN.COM. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "By-polls: Election in DI Khan on September 18 - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "PTI wins seat vacated by JUI-F chief". DAWN.COM. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "NA-25 by-polls: PTI wins JUI-F stronghold - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  13. ↑ Dawn.com, Amir Wasim (24 May 2018). "National Assembly passes landmark KP-Fata merger bill". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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