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Mehmood Jan

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Mehmood Jan
Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
15 August 2018  18 January 2023
SpeakerMushtaq Ahmed Ghani
Preceded byMeher Taj Roghani
Succeeded bySuraya Bibi
Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
13 August 2018  18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-66 (Peshawar-I)
In office
31 May 2013  28 May 2018
ConstituencyPK-7 (Peshawar-VII])
Personal details
Born (1969-05-05) May 5, 1969 (age 57)
PartyPTI (2013-present)

Mehmood Jan (Urdu: محمود جان; born 5 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office from August 2018 till January 2023. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

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He was born on 5 May 1969 in Peshawar, Pakistan.[1]

Political career

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He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency PK-7 (Peshawar-VII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 12,583 votes and defeated Hashmat Khan, a candidate of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI).[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-66 (Peshawar-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3] Following his successful election, PTI nominated him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.[4] On 15 August, he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.[5] He received 78 votes against his opponent Jamshaid Khan Mohmand who received 30 votes.[6]

References

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  1. "Mehmood Jan". KP Assembly. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. "PTI makes a clean sweep in Peshawar district". The News. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "PTI names Mushtaq Ghani for speaker, Mehmood Jan deputy speaker in K-P Assembly | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. "KP Assemebly: PTI's Mushtaq Ghani Speaker, Mehmood Jan deputy". The News. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. "Mehmood Jan of PTI elected as Dy Speaker of KP assembly". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.