Arbab Amir Ayub (Urdu: ارباب عامر ایوب) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023 and from November 2017 to May 2018.

Arbab Amir Ayub
ارباب عامر ایوب
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-29 Peshawar-II
In office
13 August 2018 – 20 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-28 (Peshawar-II)
In office
2 November 2017 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-4 (Peshawar-IV)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political party PTI (2017-present)
RelativesArbab Muhammad Zahir (brother)[1]

Early life and education edit

Ayub undergraduated in marketing from the United Kingdom.[1]

Political career edit

Ayub served as a mayor (town nazim) of Peshawar Town 4[2] from 2005 to 2009[3] as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP).[4]

He left ANP to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)[4] in May 2017.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) in by-polls held in October 2017, following the seat fell vacant after the death of Gulzar Khan.[6][7] He secured 47,586 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-28 (Peshawar-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] He received 74,414 votes and defeated Sabir Hussain Awan, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "NA-4 by-election: The candidates". Geo News. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ "NA-4 by-election: Canvassing end at midnight - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ Shamim Shahid (22 October 2017). "NA-4 by-elections: A test case for 2018 general election". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "NA-4 by-election a test of PTI's popularity". The Nation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Peshawar: ANP's Arbab Amir joins PTI - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ "PTI retains NA seat in Peshawar by-election with 45,734 votes". DAWN.COM. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ "PTI retains NA-4 seat from Peshawar - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ^ "PTI wins NA-4 by-election - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  9. ^ "PTI remains on top with 65 PA seats in KP". The Nation. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. ^ "NA-28 Result - Election Results 2018 - Peshawar 2 - NA-28 Candidates - NA-28 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.