Mushtaq Ahmad Khan
Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| President of Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office October 2021 – 19 April 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ibrahim Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Government Post Graduate College, Swabi[1] |
Mushtaq Ahmad Khan is a Pakistani politician who is a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, for the tenure of March 2018 to March 2024.
Political career
Khan's political career started when he was elected provincial head of the Islami Jamiat Talaba, a student wing of the JI, in 1997, central general secretary in 1999, and later Head of the wing for Pakistan in 2002 for being an active student leader.[2]
Before becoming a senator, Khan was the Provincial President of Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until he resigned from the party's internal post in April 2022.
Khan was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan on a general seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 2018 Pakistani Senate election, backed by 7 votes of his party members in the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [3][4] He took his oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.[5]
In February 2021, when a video about Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf members taking bribes for Senate elections was leaked, a sub-committee was formed to investigate the matter. The committee consisted of Shireen Mazari, Fawad Chaudhry and Mirza Shahzad Akbar. Khan was amongst four members who were summoned to explain their position as to how they won Senate elections.[6]
In October 2021 he was elected as President of Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter for the third time consecutively.[7] After his resignation as Provincial President of the Party in April 2022 due to his increased involvement in the Senate of Pakistan, he was succeeded by Muhammad Ibrahim Khan.[8]
During his tenure as senator, he has been a member of at least 6 sub-committees of the houses including: "Devolution (Chairperson Committee)", "Select Committee on The Islamabad Capital Territory Trust (Amendment) Bill,2020", "Cabinet Secretariat", "House Business Advisory Committee", "Defence", "Inter-Provicial Coordination", "Federal Education and Professional Training", and "Parliamentary Committee to Protect Minorities from Forced Conversions".[9]
In February 2022 he was declared amongst the top 5 senators that spoke on the floor of the senate..[10][11]
Political Actions
Missing Children & Persons
In December 2018, as part of the Senate’s special committee against child abuse, Khan said around 25 million children weren’t even attending school but the government kept boasting of good performance. He claimed that children were being smuggled across the border with Iran. [12]
Corruption Cases
In August 2020, Khan as chairperson of The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology, took up various issues of importance including irregularities & corruption cases at Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) & Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA). [13]
Efforts on national reconciliation
In June 2022, Khan claimed that despite being a member of the Parliamentary Committee on the National Security (PCNS), he was being ignored from being invited to the meetings of the committee and demanded that the details of negotiations with dissenting factions of society be made public.[14]
Calls to bring back Aafia Siddiqui
Khan has been raising the matter to the government of Pakistan on the floor of the parliament to the PTI government[15] [16]as well as the PDM government, however both governments failed to provide satisfactory answers regarding the efforts done to recover Aafia.
References
- ^ @SenatorMushtaq (April 19, 2022). "دس بارہ سال بعداپنےمادرعلمیGPGC صوابی میںHODپولیٹیکل سائنس پروفیسرارشدصاحب کی دعوت پردستورپاکستان(پرنسپل آف پالیسی،…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Mushtaq Ahmad Khan: newly elected senator who has served JI for years". thenews.com.pk. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Mushtaq Ahmad Khan: newly elected senator who has served JI for years". thenews.com.pk. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (4 March 2018). "PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy". The News. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Four senators summoned in ongoing probe into Senate election video scandal". 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Third term in a row: Senator Mushtaq named JI".
- ^ "روزنامہ دنیا :- پاکستان:-پروفیسر ابراہیم جماعت اسلامی پختونخوا کے عبوری امیر مقرر".
- ^ Pakistan, Senate. "Profile Mushtaq Ahmed - Senate of Pakistan". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 4 Aug 2022.
- ^ https://senate.gov.pk/uploads/documents/ParliamentaryYearReport2021-22.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "سینیٹر مشتاق احمد خان ایوان میں سب سے زیادہ بولنے والے رکن قرار". 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Shireen Mazari's absence irks Senate committee". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Committee Press Release". senate.gov.pk. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "TTP talks: Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan seeks details of PCNS meeting". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/senatormushtaq/status/1090304790813442049. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/senatormushtaq/status/1372268712322011139. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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