Amjad Farooq Khan

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Amjad Farooq Khan

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

| term_start = 13 August 2018

| term_end = 10 August 2023

| constituency = NA-190 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)

| term_start1 = 1 June 2013

| term_end1 = 31 May 2018

| constituency1 = NA-171 (D.G.Khan-I)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|9|4}}

| birth_place = Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

| nationality = Pakistani

| relatives = Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (Cousin)
Dost Muhammad Khosa (Nephew)
Latif Khosa (Cousin)
Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa (Nephew)

| otherparty = PTI (2018-2022)
Independent (2018)
PMLN (1993-2018)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993)
Pakistan Muslim League (1985-1988)

| native_name = {{nq|امجد فاروق خان}}

}}

Sardar Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سردار محمد امجد فاروق خان کھوسہ}}}}; born 4 September 1950) 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 between 1990 and May 2018 and was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2008 to 2013.

Early life

He was born on 4 September 1950 in Dera Ghazi Khan.{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/666|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=26 April 2018}} According to PILDAT, he was born on 1 January 1949.{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=171|website=www.pildat.org|access-date=10 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711054521/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=171|archive-date=11 July 2017}}

He graduated from Government College University. He first obtained degree of Bachelor of Arts and then received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1971 from the Punjab University Law College.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituency PP-187 (Dera Ghazi Khan) in the 1985 Pakistani general election.{{cite web|title=Previous Assemblies|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1985-1988.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=26 April 2018}}

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-132 (Dera Ghazi Khan) in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 65,002 votes and lost the seat to Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din Anwar, a candidate of PPP.{{cite web |title=National Assembly election result 1988-97 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828225608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NA.pdf |archive-date=28 August 2017 |access-date=26 April 2018 |publisher=ECP}}

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-132 (Dera Ghazi Khan) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 73,302 votes and defeated Sardar Mansoor Ahmad Khan, an independent candidate.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-171 (D.G.Khan-I) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=PM allows gas connections to areas of influential politicians|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1316837|access-date=6 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 February 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330130546/https://www.dawn.com/news/1316837|archive-date=30 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Seven killed, 13 injured in blast inside MNA's office in DG Khan - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/972656/five-killed-many-wounded-in-blast-outside-mnas-residence-in-dg-khan/|access-date=6 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=14 October 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306211826/https://tribune.com.pk/story/972656/five-killed-many-wounded-in-blast-outside-mnas-residence-in-dg-khan/|archive-date=6 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Constituency profile: The Old Guard will fight it out - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/544635/constituency-profile-the-old-guard-will-fight-it-out/|access-date=6 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=5 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210210/https://tribune.com.pk/story/544635/constituency-profile-the-old-guard-will-fight-it-out/|archive-date=6 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab|url=http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|access-date=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034027/http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|archive-date=6 March 2017}} He received 62,849 votes and defeated Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood.{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=12 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2018}}

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-190 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.{{cite news |title=Amjad Khosa wins NA-190 after revised count - Daily Times |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/274105/amjad-khosa-wins-na-190-after-revised-count/ |access-date=3 August 2018 |work=Daily Times |date=28 July 2018}} Following his successful election, he announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in August 2018.{{cite news |title=2 more independent MNA-elects join PTI - Daily Times |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/277437/2-more-independent-mna-elects-join-pti/ |access-date=4 August 2018 |work=Daily Times |date=3 August 2018}}

Assassination attempt

In October 2015, seven people were killed after a bomb exploded inside the political office of Khan in Taunsa tehsil, District DG Khan. Khan was not present in his office at the time of the blast. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan splinter group Jamaat Ul Ahrar claimed the responsibility for the attack.{{cite news|title=Seven killed, 13 injured in blast inside MNA's office in DG Khan|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/972656/five-killed-many-wounded-in-blast-outside-mnas-residence-in-dg-khan/|access-date=14 October 2015|publisher=Express Tribune|date=14 October 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014170038/http://tribune.com.pk/story/972656/five-killed-many-wounded-in-blast-outside-mnas-residence-in-dg-khan/|archive-date=14 October 2015}}