Junaid Akbar ( ur, ; born 23 March 1977) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

, from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Junaid Akbar is one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He has luminous services for the party in various capacities including that of Provincial Joint Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Early life

He was born on 26 October.

Political career

Akbar was elected to the

as a candidate of

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 ...

(PTI) from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 51,312 votes and defeated a candidate of

Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result o ...

. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency

NA-8 (Malakand Protected Area) NA-9 (Malakand) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers the whole of district Malakand. The constituency was formerly known as NA-35 (Malakand) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-8 (Malakand) after the delimit ...

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He received 81,310 votes and defeated

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ( ur, بلاول بھٹو زرداری; born 21 September 1988) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs, in office since 27 April 2022. He became the chairman of Pakistan Peopl ...

, the chairman of the

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References

Living people Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1977 births Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{Pakistan-MNA-stub