Ajmal Khan Wazir (اجمل خان وزیر) is a Pakistani politician and former advisor to Chief Minister

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

on information and Public Relations. He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on 18 July 2018. He was part of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

before joining

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

. He hails from

South Waziristan South Waziristan District ( ps, سويلي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) was a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before splitting in to Lower South Waziristan District and Upper South Waziristan District and t ...

, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Wazir previously served as the adviser to the chief minister on merged districts.

Political career

Ajmal Khan contested

2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's constituencies belonging to areas previously known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 20 July 2019. After the election, the new members joined the a ...

from constituency PK-101 (Bajaur-II) on the ticket of

. He won the election by the majority of 1,726 votes over the runner up Sahibzada Haroonur Rasheed of

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI; Urdu: , "Islamic Congress"), or Jamaat as it is simply known, is an Islamist political party which is based in Pakistan and it is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. I ...

. He garnered 12,194 votes while Rasheed received 10,468 votes.

Leaked Audio Clip Controversy

In July 2020, Wazir was removed from his position as information adviser after a leaked audio clip surfaced in social media where Wazir was allegedly taking commissions from an advertising firm. Soon after a high level committee was formed on 14 July 2020 to investigate Ajmal Wazir's controversial audio clip. In May 2021 the committee announced the findings of investigations about Wazir's alleged leaked audio clip regarding commission for a deal with an advertising agency. Former KP spokesperson Ajmal Wazir cleared of corruption charges. The commission could not confirm the veracity of the audio tape. It could also not establish Wazir's link with the audio clip either.

External links

Ajmal Khan Wazir , Spokesperson

Official Twitter

Official Facebook

References

Living people Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) People from South Waziristan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-politician-stub