Lal Muhammad Khan

{{short description|Pakistani politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-suffix =

| name = Lal Muhammad Khan

| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

| term_start =2008

| term_end = 2013

| constituency = NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area)

| nationality = Pakistani

}}

Lal Muhammad Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1988 to 1990.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PF-80 (Malakand Protected Area-II) in the 1988 Pakistani general election. He received 12,079 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Ahmad Hussain Khan.{{cite web|title=NWFP election result 1988-97|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NWFP.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=26 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211074407/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/NWFP.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2018}}

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PF-80 (Malakand Protected Area-II) in the 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 9,569 votes and lost the seat to Fazle Haq, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-80 (Malakand Protected Area-II) in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 3,447 votes and lost the seat to Ghani Muhammad Khan, a candidate of PPP.

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) as a candidate of PPP in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.{{cite news|title=PESHAWAR: Militancy affects poll scene in Malakand|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/280672|access-date=20 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=17 December 2007|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191501/https://www.dawn.com/news/280672|archive-date=26 May 2018}}{{cite news|title=MMA retains Malakand NA seat|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/377236|access-date=20 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 December 2004|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191501/https://www.dawn.com/news/377236|archive-date=26 May 2018}} He received 17,538 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Inayat Ur-Rehman, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=25 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archive-date=26 January 2018}}

He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) as a candidate of PPP in the 2008 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=Malakand political diary: 'Mini-Larkana' playing host to shifting loyalties - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/528383/malakand-political-diary-mini-larkana-playing-host-to-shifting-loyalties/|access-date=20 July 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=30 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717125916/http://tribune.com.pk/story/528383/malakand-political-diary-mini-larkana-playing-host-to-shifting-loyalties/|archive-date=17 July 2015}}{{cite news|title=Degrees of 181 MPs remain unverified|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/amp/629359-degrees-of-181-mps-remain-unverified|access-date=20 July 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045651/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/amp/629359-degrees-of-181-mps-remain-unverified|archive-date=7 March 2017}} He received 34,472 votes and defeated Nisar Muhammad, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) (PPP-S).{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=25 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2018}} In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as the Federal Minister for Special Initiatives{{cite news|title=New ministries carved out to accommodate oversized cabinet|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/660511-new-ministries-carved-out-to-accommodate-oversized-cabinet|access-date=20 July 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}} where he continued to serve until December 2010.{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=Five ministers lose portfolios to devolution|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/590491|access-date=20 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 December 2010|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191500/https://www.dawn.com/news/590491|archive-date=26 May 2018}} From December 2012 to February 2011, he remained in the federal cabinet with the status of federal minister without any portfolio.{{cite web|title=Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Gillani|url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/cabinet/userfiles1/file/Info%20serveces/Federal%20Cabinet%20since%201947/12%20april%20updated/Federal%20Cabinet%20of%20Syed%20Yousaf%20Raza%20Gillani,%20Latest_doc.pdf|publisher=Cabinet division|access-date=26 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505115247/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/cabinet/userfiles1/file/Info%20serveces/Federal%20Cabinet%20since%201947/12%20april%20updated/Federal%20Cabinet%20of%20Syed%20Yousaf%20Raza%20Gillani,%20Latest_doc.pdf|archive-date=5 May 2017}}

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand) as a candidate of PPP in the 2013 Pakistani general election{{cite news|title=NA-9 heavyweights flexing their muscles|url=http://fp.brecorder.com/2013/04/201304241178042/|access-date=20 July 2017|work=Business Recorder|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191501/http://fp.brecorder.com/2013/04/201304241178042/|archive-date=26 May 2018}} but was unsuccessful. He received 19,081 votes and lost the seat to Junaid Akbar.{{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=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2018}}

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