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Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur

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Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ConstituencyPK-99
Personal details
BornNovember 14, 1992
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Parent

Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur is a Pakistani politicianan and member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Gandapur is the youngest ever member of the KPK parliament, being of only 25 years at time of his inclusion into Parliament. He has a bachelor's degree in international relations. Gandapur was elected onto PK-99 after the martyrdom of his father in the Kulachi bombings. His family has been in politics for many years - with his grandfather serving as Chief Minister of KPK, his uncle Isarullah serving as law minister, and his father serving as agricultural minister.

Political career

Gandapur was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from the constituency PK-99 in 2018 Pakistani by-elections held on 14 October 2018. He defeated an independent candidate Fatehullah Khan. Gandapur garnered 30,330 votes while his closest rival secured 22,825 votes.[2]

References

  1. ^ "By-elections in KP: PTI banking on families of party leaders to deliver seats". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 15 October 2018.