The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is a political party in Pakistan. Established in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan,who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI ranks among the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML–N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),and it is the largest party in terms of representation in the National Assembly of Pakistan since the 2018 general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad,it claims to be the country's largest political party by primary membership,as well as one of the largest political parties in the world.
Qaumi Watan Party,abbreviated as QWP and formerly called Pakistan Peoples Party–Sherpao (PPP–S),is one of the prominent political parties in Pakistan,that split away from the Pakistan Peoples Party just before the 2002 general election. PPP–S was named after its leader Aftab Ahmad Sherpao. Differences had cropped up between PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Senior Leader Aftab Ahmad Sherpao in 1999 and the latter was expelled from the PPP by the former,thus creating PPP–S. In October 2012,it was renamed to Qaumi Watan Party when it changed its political agenda and declared itself as a Pashtun neo-nationalist party.
Asfandyar Wali Khan is a Pakistani politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who is the president of the Awami National Party (ANP). His father,Abdul Wali Khan,was the party's first president. He is the grandson of Abdul Ghaffar Khan,better known as Bacha Khan;Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of the non-violent political movement in NWFP,Khudai Khidmatgar during British colonial rule in India and a companion of Mahatma Gandhi. Asfandyar's Granduncle Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan was the Indian National Congress's Chief Minister of the North West Frontier Province,during the waning days of the British Raj,and also the Chief Minister of the province during the early days of independent Pakistan. Asfandyar is the present president of the Awami National Party and has served as Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and senator in the Senate of Pakistan. Asfandyar Wali Khan got credit of provincial autonomy in Pakistan and the renaming of North West Frontier Province as Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa with support of coalition partner PPP during 18th amendment 2010.
Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao,simply known as Hayat Sherpao,was a left-wing intellectual and socialist,serving as the 15th Governor of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan,as well as vice-chairman of Pakistan People's Party. Sherpao held important executive offices,including served as the Interior minister and had held a number of provincial ministries of the North West Frontier Province. He was assassinated in 1975,and his death was blamed on a rival political party in the province - the Awami National Party of Khan Abdul Wali Khan.
The Sherpao family is a cadet branch of the Kheshgi family.
Nasrullah Khan Khattak was a Pakistani politician,who was the 6th elected Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province and served from 3 May 1975 to 19 April 1977.
Masood Kausar is a Pakistani politician who was 28th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He held many senior government positions including;Speaker of the Assembly,Minister for Communications,Deputy Leader of Opposition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Chairman of standing committee while he was Member of the Senate of Pakistan. He is one of the founding members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Ameer Haider Khan Hoti is a Pakistani Pashtun politician who was the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2008 to 2013. During his government,the province was renamed from "North-West Frontier Province" to "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Hoti had also been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018. He is the Senior Vice President of the Awami National Party (ANP).
Faisal Karim Kundi is a Pakistani politician affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party. Recently he served as Minister of State Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Pakistan from April 2022 to August 2023. He also holds the office of the Central Secretary Information of Pakistan Peoples Party and member of Central Executive Committee. Previously Mr. Kundi has served as the 17th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Faisal Karim Kundi hails from a known political family of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He started his political career in 2003 and served PPP as Divisional Coordinator D.I.Khan Division.
Ghulam Ahmad Bilour is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2018. He additionally served as Federal Minister for Railways twice and as Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development once.
An indirect presidential election was held on 6 September 2008 in Pakistan. The Electoral College of Pakistan –a joint sitting of the Senate,National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies –elected a new president after the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. As required by the constitution,Muhammad Mian Soomro automatically became acting president on 18 August 2008,upon the resignation of Musharraf. The constitution required that a new president be elected by Parliament within 30 days;Soomro was considered loyal to Musharraf,and it was considered certain that he would be replaced in that election.
Khan Amirzadah Khan was a member of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement and a leader of the National Awami Party in Pakistan. Born in Bakhshali village,Mardan District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,he was an active participant of Khudai Khidmatgar movement organized by Bacha Khan. Amirzada Khan started active politics with National Awami Party and remained President of National Awami Party District Mardan until 1972,when he remained senior Provincial Minister of Law,Education and Parliamentary Affairs.
Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan,from June 2013 to May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to November 2007.
Syed Alla-ud-din Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013,representing the constituency NA-30 (Swat-II) as a member of Pakistan Peoples Party. He ran for a re-election in 2013,but lost to Salim Rehman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Lal Muhammad Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1988 to 1990.
Nighat Orakzai is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 till January 2023.
Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,from 2002 to May 2018. He also served as Senior Minister for home and tribal affairs as well as irrigation department.
Sultan Mohammad Khan is a Pakistani politician who served as the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Law,Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights,in office from 29 August 2018 to 9 Feb 2021. He was removed from his post because he was spotted in a video where he could be seen selling his Senate vote. He had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously,he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018.
General elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday,25 July 2018 to elect the 51 members of 15th National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) obtained a landslide victory in the province by winning 37 general seats and increased their margin of victory from 2013. The PTI also won 8 out of 10 reserved seats while the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) won 1 reserved seat each.
Qaumi Watan Party (2008-present)
PML-Q (2002–2008) 
PPP (1988–2002)
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