Zafar Azam

Zafar Azam
ظفر اعظم
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
Constituency	PK-86 (Karak-II)
In office 27 November 2002 – 10 October 2007
Constituency	PF-41 Karak-II
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (1990-2008; 2018-present)
Other political affiliations	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (2002-2007; 2018-2023) Independent (2007-2013) Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2013-2018)

Zafar Azam is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 to January 2023.

Political career

Azam contested the 1988 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 12,188 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[1]

He contested the 1990 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)), but was unsuccessful. He received 15,759 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, a candidate of IJI.[1]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province in the 1993 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Mahaz. He received 15,012 votes and defeated Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[1]

He contested the 1997 Pakistani general election from NA-10 Karak as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 5,845 votes and was defeated by Shams-ur-Rehman, a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP). He also contested the 1997 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-33 Karak-II as a candidate of JUI(F), but was unsuccessful. He received 4,825 votes and was defeated by Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan, an independent candidate.[1]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province in the 2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from PF-41 Karak-II. He received 13,931 votes and defeated Muhammad Ayub Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)).[2]

After not being nominated by his party, JUI(F), he contested the 2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-41 Karak-II as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. He received 12,981 votes and was defeated by Malik Qasim Khan Khattak, a candidate of JUI(F).[3][4]

He contested the 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a candidate of PML(N) from PK-41 Karak-II, but was unsuccessful. He received 16,362 votes and was defeated by Malik Qasim Khan Khattak, an independent candidate.[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of MMA from PK-86 (Karak-II) in the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election. He received 35,846 votes and defeated Malik Qasim Khan Khattak, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]

References

1. "Constituency-Wise Detailed Results (1988-1997)". Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
2. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
3. "JUI-F leader clueless why he was ditched". DAWN.COM. 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
4. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
6. "Detailed Gazette Notification of Returned Candidates of General Elections - 2018". Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 2024-11-13.