Abdul Akbar Chitrali

Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.

Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyNA-1 (Chitral)
In office
18 November 2002 – 15 November 2007
ConstituencyNA-32 (Chitral)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Other political
affiliations		Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (2002-2007; 2018-2023)

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MMA (a coalition of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Jamiat-e-Ulema F) from Constituency NA-1 (Chitral) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[1] He received 48,616 votes and defeated Abdul Latif, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[2] Earlier to this, He has also served Chitral District of KP as MNA in Gen (R) Musharraf led government back in 2002.

On May 17, 2021, Chitrali appeared to call for the use of nuclear weapons against Israel and, potentially, India, asking: "when will this atomic power be useful? Will we use these missiles as toys? To show our kids? Or will we keep these missiles and this atom bomb in some museum, so that we will be able to say [in the future] that at a certain era we had managed to acquire nuclear power?"[3][4]

Electoral history

2002
General Election 2002: NA-32 (Chitral) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
MMA Abdul Akbar Chitrali 36,130 44.38
PML(Q) Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin 23,907 29.37
PPP Sardar Ali S. Aman 20,862 25.62
PTI Abdul Latif 516 0.63
Valid ballots 81,415 96.94
Rejected ballots 2,572 3.06
Turnout 83,987 49.13
Majority 12,223 15.01
MMA gain from Independent

2013
General Election 2013: NA-32 (Chitral) [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
APML Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin 29,772 23.83
PTI Abdul Latif 24,182 19.35
JI Abdul Akbar Chitrali 20,520 16.42
PPP Muhammad Hakeem Khan 19,877 15.91
JUI (F) Hidayat ur Rehman 15,928 12.75
ANP Syed Muzafar Ali Shah Jahan 6,728 5.38
TPAP Irshad Alam Khan 3,948 3.16
PML(N) Muhammad Younas 2,463 1.97
Independent Muhammad Yahya 941 0.75
Independent Asma Mehmood 587 0.47
Independent Kamal Abdul Jamil 0 0.00
Valid ballots 124,946 95.00
Rejected ballots 6,574 5.00
Turnout 131,520 63.66
Majority 5,590 4.48
APML gain from PML(Q)

2018
General election 2018: NA-1 (Chitral)[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
MMA Abdul Akbar Chitrali 48,616 29.58
PTI Abdul Latif 38,481 23.41
PPP Saleem Khan 32,635 19.86
PML(N) Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin 21,016 12.79
Others Others (seven candidates) 18,177 11.06

References
  1. "MMA wins NA-1, PA-1 contests". The Nation. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. "NA-1 Result – Election Results 2018 – Chitral – NA-1 Candidates – NA-1 Constituency Details – thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. "National Assembly Member Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali Calls On Pakistani Government To Declare Jihad Against Israel: What Do We Have Missiles And Atom Bombs For?". MEMRI. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  4. "Pakistani politician praises Hitler for killing Jews". www.thejc.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  5. "Constituency-Wise Detailed Results" (PDF).
  6. "Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye Elections".
  7. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 August 2018.


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