Gulzar Khan (politician)

Pakistani politician

Gulzar Khan

گلزار خان
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 28 August 2017
Preceded by| Arbab Muhammad Zahir
Succeeded by| Arbab Amir Ayub
Constituency| NA-4 (Peshawar-IV)
Majority| 55,134
Personal details
Died| 28 August 2017
Peshawar, Pakistan
Nationality| Pakistani
Political party| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2013-2014)
Children| Shandana Gulzar Khan

Gulzar Khan (Urdu: گلزار خان) (died 28 August 2017) was a Pakistani bureaucrat-turned-politician who had been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to August 2017.

## Political career

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Khan as bureaucrat served as Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar,[1] Political Agent for South and North Waziristan and Commissioner for Afghan refugees.[2][3][4] He also had been the home secretary for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Tribal Affairs Department and chairman of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission.[2]

Khan joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) before the 2013 Pakistani general election[5] and was allocated the party ticket to contest the 2013 general election from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV).[6] He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) in 2013 general election.[3][7][8][5][9] He received 55,134 votes and defeated Nasir Khan Musazai, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[10]

In 2014, Khan was elected as a chairman of a group which consisted of 13 PTI's members of the National Assembly who opposed a PTI call to resign from the National Assembly during the Azadi march.[5] He had quit the PTI and stopped attending the party meetings afterwards.[2] In 2014, Imran Khan asked for disqualification of Khan from the membership of the National Assembly for violating party's discipline.[11] However, his National Assembly membership was not revoked[3] after Khan refused to quit his National Assembly seat over a difference of opinion as part of a normal democratic process.[4]

During his tenure as member of the National Assembly, he served as chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Education, Training and Standards in Higher Education.[12]

He died on 28 August 2017 after suffering from cardiac arrest in his native town, Masho Gogar in Badaber.[2][1][3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "PTI MNA Gulzar Khan passes away". www.geo.tv. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
2. ^ a b c d "MNA Gulzar Khan passes away". www.thenews.com.pk. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
3. ^ a b c d "Dissident PTI's lawmaker Gulzar Khan passes away". Daily Pakistan Global. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
4. ^ a b Chaudhry, Fahad (28 August 2017). "Dissident PTI lawmaker Gulzar Khan passes away". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017.
5. ^ a b c "'Angry' PTI MNAs opposed to resignation form group". DAWN.COM. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
6. ^ "PTI list of candidates". The Express Tribune. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
7. ^ "PTI wins two more NA seats from Peshawar". Express Tribune. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
8. ^ "Pakistan General Elections 2013 - Detailed results". DAWN.COM. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
9. ^ "Higher voter turnout seen in Peshawar". DAWN.COM. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
10. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
11. ^ "Imran disowns dissident PTI MNAs". DAWN.COM. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
12. ^ "Direct talks with TTP: Gulzar Khan to represent PTI on new committee - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.