Muhammad Idrees (politician)

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Sardar Muhammad Idrees
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
ConstituencyConstituency PK-48 (Abbottabad-V)
Personal details
Died(2023-03-25)25 March 2023
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Sardar Muhammad Idrees (Urdu: سردار محمد ادریس; died 25 March 2023) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province from 2002 to 2007.

Life and career[edit]

Idrees had a degree in Bachelor of Arts.[1]

Idrees was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-48 (Abbottabad-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 13,928 votes and defeated a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[3] He joined Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI-F) after becoming elected.[4] In December 2002, he was inducted into the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani and was appointed provincial minister of NWFP for local government and rural development.[5]

Idrees ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as a candidate of MMA from Constituency PF-48 Abbottabad-V in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,354 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[6] In November 2008, he quit JUI-F and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4]

Idrees was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Constituency PK-48 Abbottabad-V in 2013 Pakistani general election.[7] He received 32,998 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]

Idrees also contested the 2018 general elections but lost to Sardar Aurangzeb of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[9]

Idrees died on 25 March 2023.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profile". www.pakp.gov.pk. KP Assembly. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ "NAB inquiry against Sardar Idrees adds to PTI woes". www.thenews.com.pk. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "JUI-F leader joins PPP". www.thenews.com.pk. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ Yusufzai, Rahimullah (4 December 2002). "11-member NWFP cabinet sworn in". GulfNews. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ^ "List of winners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Notification" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Sardar Muhammad Idrees obituary". The News. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.