Mehboob Ullah Jan is a Pakistani politician and social worker. He was a member of the

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from 2008 to 2013.He born in 1968 in Kohistan and is the younger brother of late Maulana Abdul Baqi, ex provincial minister and late Maulana Ubaidullah, who was an MPA in the KPK assembly. Mr Jan is known as a champion of freedom of democracy due to him opposing the recurring local alliances being made in the kohistan district. He has a degree in law and is also known for his hard work in his constituency and resilience."thenation/14april2013"> He received 10,630 votes and lost the seat to

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. He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-23 (Kohistan) as an independent candidate in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

and later joined

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(PPP). He received 14,100 votes and defeated Haji Misar Khan, a candidate of the PPP. He quit PPP and joined

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(JUI-F) before running for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of JUI-F from Constituency NA-23 (Kohistan) in the

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. He received 12,337 votes and lost the seat to

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the candidate of the local alliance PKI. He quit JUI-F and rejoined the PML(Q) before running for the seat of the National Assembly as the party's candidate candidate from

NA-11 (Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan) NA-12 Upper Kohistan-cum-Lower Kohistan-cum-Kolai Palas Kohistan () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. ...

in the

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. He received 12,627 votes and lost the seat to

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, a candidate of the

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(MMA). He quit PML(Q) and rejoined the PPP on 28 January 2023. He participated in the 2024 general elections and despite more than 6 local alliances in the district, received 21,087 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Idrees, a candidate of a local alliance, JALKOT QAUMI ITTEHAD, by a mere 6,000 margin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jan, Mehboob Ullah People from Kohistan District Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Living people Year of birth missing (living people)