Sajid Nawaz Khan (; born 25 March 1975) is a Pakistani politician who had been 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 June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

Khan was born on 25 March 1975 to politician Haji Mohammad Nawaz. He holds a degree of Master of Business Administration.

Political career

He joined politics after the death of his father Haji Mohammad Nawaz. Khan ran for the seat of

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 ...

as an independent candidate from Constituency PK-07 (Peshawar-VII) in the

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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He secured 2,038 and lost the seat to a candidate 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 ...

. Khan later 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) and was awarded a PTI ticket to run 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 ...

despite opposition from the PTI chapter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-3 (Peshawar-III) in June 2013 election. He secured 66,528 votes and defeated

Haji Ghulam Ali Haji Ghulam Ali () is a Pakistani people, Pakistani politician and a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) who is currently serving as the 34th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in office since 23 November 2022. He has previously served as the Mayor ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nawaz, Sajid Living people Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians Pashtun people Politicians from Peshawar Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1975 births