Noor Alam Khan

Noor Alam Khan
نور عالم خان
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
2024
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyNA-27 (Peshawar-I)
In office
2008–2013
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyJUI (F) (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		 PTI (2018-2022)
PPP (2008-2018)

Noor Alam Khan (Pashto/Urdu: نور عالم خان) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from 2018 to 2022 and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from 2008 to 2018.

He was one of the 14 dissident members of the ruling PTI who were given show-cause notices by the PTI for allying with the opposition before the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan.[1]

He is accused of changing loyalties with Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf regardless of winning from the party ticket accused of being a part of the horse-trading that went on in the Sindh house Islamabad to oust Imran Khan out of office.

He joined JUI-F and elected Member of National Assembly in February 2024.[2]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-3 (Peshawar-III) as a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5] He received 27,038 votes and defeated Babar of the Awami National Party (ANP). During the tenure, he served as the federal parliamentary secretary for commerce.[6]

In 2012, he was named the richest known member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, with his declared assets being more than PKR 32 billion. He owned 200 acres of prime land (for PKR 160 million per acre) in Peshawar, gold ornaments worth PKR 11.6 million, two vehicles, and a house.[7]

He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-3 (Peshawar-III) as a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) but stood fourth by obtaining 22,045 votes.[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-27 (Peshawar-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] He received 71,158 votes and defeated Haji Ghulam Ali of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[10] He was one of several dissident members of the ruling PTI who had said they would vote against their party's chairman, prime minister Imran Khan, in the no-confidence motion against him. However, they did not have to vote at the end as the opposition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), managed to gather enough votes by itself to oust prime minister Imran Khan on 10 April 2022.[11]

On 23 December 2023, he decided to join the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)).[12]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate JUI (F) from constituency NA-28 Peshawar-I in the 2024 Pakistani general election, He received 59,78 votes and defeated PTI candidate Sajid Nawaz.[13]

References

  1. ^ "PTI issues show-cause notice to 14 dissident members". 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Noor Alam Khan decides to join JUI-F". 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ Report, Bureau (3 May 2008). "PESHAWAR: Election tribunals put seven lawmakers on notice". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017. {{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Shah, Waseem Ahmad (10 June 2012). "Making voting compulsory to solve low turnout issue". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (9 March 2008). "Official results of 11 NA seats withheld". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary secretaries". DAWN.COM. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. ^ Newspaper, the (7 May 2012). "Richest MNA is worth Rs32bn, fears for his safety". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Election 2013 results NA-3 Peshawar". electionpakistani.COM.
  9. ^ "PTI's Noor Alam Khan wins NA-27 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. ^ "NA-27 Result - Election Results 2018 - Peshawar 1 - NA-27 Candidates - NA-27 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. ^ Qarar, Shakeel (April 12, 2022). "PTI dissident Noor Alam and PPP leaders involved in fight with elderly at hotel in Islamabad". DAWN.COM.
  12. ^ "Noor Alam Khan decides to join JUI-F". ARY NEWS. 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  13. ^ "NA-28 Election Result 2024 Peshawar 1, Candidates List". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2024-03-10.