Masood Abbas
{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Masood Abbas
| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 2013
| constituency = NA-6 (Nowshera-II)
| nationality = Pakistani
}}
Masood Abbas Khattak is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-6 (Nowshera-II) as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=Top leaders of main parties to contest for more than one seat in elections|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/10/top-leaders-of-main-parties-to-contest-for-more-than-one-seat-in-elections/|accessdate=19 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=Winning margin on 88 out of 272 National Assembly seats is 10,000 votes or less|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/618059-winning-margin-on-88-out-of-272-national-assembly-seats-is-10,000-votes-or-less|accessdate=19 July 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}} He received 36,835 votes and defeated Jamshaid ud Din.{{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|accessdate=25 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}} In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was made Minister of State for Local Government and Rural Development where he served December 2012. From December 2011 to February 2012, he remained in the federal cabinet as Minister of State without any portfolio.{{cite web|title=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|accessdate=25 May 2018}}
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of ANP from Constituency NA-6 (Nowshera-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election{{cite news|title=ANP candidates for elections 2013 - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/526940/anp-candidates-for-elections-2013/|accessdate=19 July 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=27 March 2013}} but was unsuccessful. He received 20,316 votes and lost the seat to Siraj Muhammad Khan.{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=25 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}
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Category:Awami National Party politicians
Category:People from Nowshera District