Khayal or Khial Zaman Orakzai (; died 14 February 2022) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who was 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 until his death in February 2022. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

Political career

Orakzai joined

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) in 2011. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-16 (Hangu) 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 24,067 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 of ...

. He served as Senior Vice President of the PTI with the additional post of the president of the PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2018, Orakzai was nominated by the PTI to contest

2018 Pakistani Senate election The triennial Senate Elections of Pakistan were held on 3 March 2018 to replace 52 retiring senators - half of the Senate's strength - with the winning candidates serving six-year terms. Overall, Pakistan Muslim League (N) came out as the largest ...

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

NA-33 (Hangu) NA-36 Hangu-cum-Orakzai () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It covers the whole of the district Hangu. The constituency was formerly known as NA-16 (Hangu) from 1977 to 2018. The name changed to NA-33 (Hangu) after the del ...

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 28,819 votes and defeated Atiq Ur Rehman, a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

(MMA).

Wealth

Orakzai was the Chairman and CEO of

Ajman Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, it is ...

-based Al Kanz Group. He owned Emaraat hotel in

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

and had property business. He had a net worth around 560.45 billion, as of 2021

Personal life and death

He died on 14 February 2022.PTI Member National Assembly Haji Khayal Zaman, passes away
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References

External links

National Assembly profile

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orakzai, Khial Zaman 20th-century births Year of birth missing 2022 deaths Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pashtun people People from Hangu District, Pakistan