Muhammad Yaqoob Shaikh is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He joined PTI in May 2018.
Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-39 (Dera Ismail Khan-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (2023-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PTI (2018-2023) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (2011-2018) |
Political career edit
He ran for the Senate of Pakistan from a technocrat seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of JUI(F) in the 2015 Pakistani Senate election, but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Nauman Wazir of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Muhammad Javed Abbasi of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[1]
He ran for the Senate of Pakistan from a technocrat seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of JUI(F) in the 2018 Pakistani Senate election, but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Azam Khan Swati of the PTI and Dilawar Khan of the PML(N).[2]
He joined the PTI prior to the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from NA-39 (Dera Ismail Khan-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[4] He received 79,672 votes and defeated Fazal-ur-Rehman, the Ameer of the JUI(F), who received 52,327 votes.[5]
References edit
- ^ Chaudhry, Fahad; Akbar, Ali; Khan, Raza; Malik, Arif; Shah, Syed Ali (2015-03-05). "Senate polls: Unofficial results emerging". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Jamaat to join opposition for Senate elections". DAWN.COM. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Yaqoob Shaikh's journey from JUI-F to PTI". The News International. 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Imran Khan's PTI on top as election results come in". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "NA-39 Result - Election Results 2018 - Dera Ismail Khan 2 - NA-39 Candidates - NA-39 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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