Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from April 2021 till August 2023. He is a member of
Pakistan Peoples 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 ...
(PPP).
Political career
2018 elections
In 2018, Mandokhail contested from
NA-249 (Karachi West-II). However, Mandokhail failed to win as he received only 7,236 votes and lost by 28,108 votes.
2021 by-elections
He contested the by-election in constituency
NA-249 (Karachi West-II) on 29 April 2021. The main competition in the constituency was going on between PSP, PML(N) and TLP. Pakistan Peoples Party were on the fourth position. All of a sudden the lights in Baldia went out and the results didn't come out. After some hours, Pakistan Peoples Party's candidate Qadir Khan Mandokhail was on the first, with Miftah Ismail in second, TLP in third and PSP were fourth. The final results were Mandokhail securing 16,156 votes and defeating the
PML-N
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a centre-right and liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party ...
candidate
Miftah Ismail
Miftah Ismail ( ur, مفتاح اسماعیل; born 23 July 1965) is a Pakistani political economist who served as the Federal Minister of Finance from April 2022 to September 2022. He had previously served in the same office, from April 201 ...
by a margin of only 600 votes.
Pak Sarzameen Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) leaders claimed that the elections were rigged.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandokhel, Qadir Khan
Pakistani politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)