Shakeel Ahmad () is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Revenue, in office from 29 August 2018 till 26 January 2020. He 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 August 2018 till January 2023. He has served as the Minister for Public Health Engineering. Previously, he was a member of the

from May 2013 to May 2018 and served as special assistant to the

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 ...

on Population Welfare for the same period.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

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 Constituency PK-99 (Malakand Protected Area-II) 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 ...

. He received 27,312 votes and defeated Muhammad Humayun Khan, 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 ...

(PPP). On 19 January 2013, he was inducted into the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet of Chief Minister

Pervez Khattak Pervez Khan Khattak ( ur, ; ps, پروېز خان خټک; born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician and a member of PTI who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan from 20 August 2018 until the dissolution of National Assembly on 3 ...

and was appointed as special assistant to the chief minister on population welfare. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-18 (Malakand Protected Area-I) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. On 29 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet of Chief Minister

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 ...

and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Revenue. He got the portfolio of Minister for Public Health Engineering on 20 May 2021.

References

Living people Pashtun politicians Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2013–2018 People from Malakand District Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2018–2023 Year of birth missing (living people) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2024–2029 {{Pakistan-bio-stub