Mir Kalam

Mir Kalam Khan Wazir (Pashto/Urdu: میرکلام خان وزیر) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2019 till January 2023. He is a founding member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).[3]

Mir Kalam Khan
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
27 August 2019 – 18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-112 (North Waziristan-II)
Personal details
Born (1990-02-18) February 18, 1990[1]
Asadkhel (near Razmak), Dossali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Political partyIndependent
Parent
  • Shuja Mir Khan[1] (father)
Alma materUniversity of Peshawar[2]

On 30 August 2020, Mir Kalam survived an assassination attempt by two gunmen as he was traveling in his car in Mirali, North Waziristan after participating in a protest. He lamented that the police had not made any progress in investigating the case.[4]

Early life and education

Mir Kalam was born and raised in Asadkhel, a village about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the hill station of Razmak, in the Dossali Subdivision of North Waziristan, Pakistan. In 2011, he graduated from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Peshawar.[2]

Political career

Kalam contested 2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election on 20 July 2019 from constituency PK-112 (North Waziristan-II) as an independent. He won the election by the majority of 4,079 votes over the runner up Mir Sadiqullah of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He garnered 12,057 votes while Sadiqullah received 7,978 votes.[5]

References
  1. "Mir Kalam Khan". Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. "Lawmaker from North Waziristan to work on confidence-building between people, state". The News International. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "PTM secures one seat in tribal districts' polls". The News International. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. "MPA from North Waziristan survives bid on life". The News International. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. "Independents grab most seats in merged districts' elections – Samaa Digital". www.samaa.tv. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.


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