Sahibzada Sibghatullah is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.

Political career

He ran for a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-33 Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir in the 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 19,910 votes and was defeated by

Najmuddin Khan Najmuddin Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-25 Dir constituency in 1990 Pakistani general ...

, 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). He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency

NA-5 (Upper Dir) NA-5 (Upper Dir) ( ur, ) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprises the whole district of Upper Dir. The area was formerly part of NA-33 (Upper Dir-cum-Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. That constituency also ...

in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 66,545 votes and defeated Najmuddin Khan, a candidate of the PPP. He was arrested on 6 August 2023 under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance after the Deputy Commissioner of

Upper Dir District Upper Dir District ( ps, بر دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The city of Dir is the district headquarters. Badogai Pass connects it to Utror. At the time of indepen ...

claimed that "he was involved in spreading hatred against government, defaming law enforcement agencies and provoking public against the government". He was released due to the

Peshawar High Court The Peshawar High Court ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar Hig ...

(PHC) accepting his petition of release, declaring his detention illegal.

References

Living people Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-MNA-stub