Mian Nisar Gul is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...

from March 2008 to March 2013 and August 2018 to January 2023.

Political career

He was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...

as a candidate of the

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 PF-40 Kohat-IV in the

2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of North-West Frontier Province to elect the members of the 8th Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three oth ...

. He received 13,835 votes and defeated Muhammad Iqbal Khattak, a candidate of the

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). However, during the assembly's tenure, he switched parties, becoming a member of the MMA. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as an independent candidate from PF-40 Kohat-IV in the

2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election Provincial elections were held in the North-West Frontier Province to elect the members of the 9th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide 2008 Pakist ...

. He received 29,047 votes and defeated Fareed Khan Toofan, a candidate of the

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded i ...

(PPP). After the election, he joined the

Awami National Party The Awami National Party (ANP; ur, , ps, اولسي ملي ګوند; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its curr ...

(ANP) and was inducted into the provincial cabinet of

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

Haider Khan Hoti Ameer Haider Khan Hoti ( ur, ; ps, امير حېدر خان هوتي) is a Pakistani Pashtun politician who was the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2008 to 2013. During his government, the province was renamed from "North-West Frontie ...

as the Minister for Prisons. On 25 February 2013, he resigned from the ANP and the provincial cabinet. He contested the

2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to elect the members of the 10th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in ...

as an independent candidate from PK-40 Kohat-IV, but was unsuccessful. He received 23,017 votes and lost to

Gul Sahib Khan Gul Sahib Khan is a Pakistani politician hailing from Karak District, who served as a member of the 10th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He is also serving as chairman and member of the different committee ...

, a candidate of the PTI. On 8 September 2013, he joined the

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 ...

(JUI(F)). He was elected to the

as a candidate of the MMA from PK-85 (Karak-I) in the

2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 11th Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections ...

. He received 30,253 votes and defeated Fareed Khan Toofan, a candidate of the PTI. Following his successful election, he was nominated as the joint opposition's candidate for the office of

Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( ur, وزیر اعلیٰ خیبر پختونخوا) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, ...

. On 16 August 2018, he received 33 votes and lost the chief ministerial election to the PTI's

Mahmood Khan Mahmood Khan (Urdu, Pashto: ; born 30 October 1972) is a Pakistani politician and a member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who is currently serving as the 27th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office since 17 August 2018. He has been ...

, who secured 77 votes.

References

Living people Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Year of birth missing (living people) {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-MPA-stub