Raja Aamer Zaman
Dr. Raja Amir Zaman | |
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| ڈاکٹر راجہ عامر زمان | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 2015 | |
| Constituency | NA-19 (Haripur) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Relations | Faisal Zaman (brother) |
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Raja Amir Zaman (Urdu: راجہ عامر زمان) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and remained the mayor of district Haripur. He and his family are entitled as a 'Nawab of Khanpur', because of their roots with royal family of Afghanistan. Currently his son named, Raja Haroon Sikandar is serving as a mayor of Tehsil Khanpur KPK. Raja Amir Zaman is MBBS doctor by profession. He is the son of Late Raja Sikander Zaman who served multiple times as member of parliament, federal minister and as a Chief Minister of Khyber PakhtunKhuwa (KPK). His brother Raja Faisal Zaman was a former minister of the provisional assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Political career
[edit]He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate for Pakistan Muslim League (J) from Constituency PF-39 (Haripur) in 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 23,430 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Mushtaq Khan.[1]
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-39 (Haripur) in 1997 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,185 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Mushtaq Khan.[1]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 71,254 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan.[2]
Zaman was elected to the National Assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4] He received 117,612 votes and defeated Omar Ayub Khan.[5] In 2014, he was de-notified as member of the National Assembly after the constituency election was invalidated due to rigging.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Election results 1988-1997" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Election result 2008" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "PML-N's Babar Nawaz wins NA-19 by-poll: unofficial result". DAWN.COM. 16 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "PTI likely to win NA seat in Haripur fresh polls". DAWN.COM. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Re-election on NA-19, Haripur: Over 9,000 voters to decide MNA today - The Express Tribune". 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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