Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-39 (Dera Ismail Khan-II) |
Personal details | |
Born | Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Political party | PTI-P (2023-present) |
Other political affiliations | PTI (2018-2023) JUI (F) (2011-2018) |
Muhammad Yaqoob Shaikh is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He joined PTI in May 2018.
Political career
He ran for the Senate of Pakistan from a technocrat seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of JUI(F) in the 2015 Pakistani Senate election, but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Nauman Wazir of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Muhammad Javed Abbasi of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).
He ran for the Senate of Pakistan from a technocrat seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of JUI(F) in the 2018 Pakistani Senate election, but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Azam Khan Swati of the PTI and Dilawar Khan of the PML(N).
He joined the PTI prior to the 2018 Pakistani general election.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from NA-39 (Dera Ismail Khan-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 79,672 votes and defeated Fazal-ur-Rehman, the Ameer of the JUI(F), who received 52,327 votes.
References
- Chaudhry, Fahad; Akbar, Ali; Khan, Raza; Malik, Arif; Shah, Syed Ali (2015-03-05). "Senate polls: Unofficial results emerging". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- "Jamaat to join opposition for Senate elections". DAWN.COM. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- "Yaqoob Shaikh's journey from JUI-F to PTI". The News International. 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- "Imran Khan's PTI on top as election results come in". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- "NA-39 Result - Election Results 2018 - Dera Ismail Khan 2 - NA-39 Candidates - NA-39 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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