Ziaullah Afridi

Ziaullah Khan Afridi (Urdu: ضیا الله خان آفریدی) is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from May 2013 to May 2018. He had been Provincial minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for mines and mineral development from March 2014 to July 2015.

Ziaullah Afridi
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
ConstituencyPK-01 (Peshawar-I)
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Mines and Mineral Development
In office
March 2014 – July 2015
Personal details
Born (1972-02-02) 2 February 1972
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan People's Party (2017-present)

Early life and education

He was born on 2 February 1972.[1]

He has completed intermediate education.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency PK-01 (Peshawar-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3] He received 22,932 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J).[4]

In March 2014, he was inducted into the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and was made Provincial minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for mines and mineral development.[5]

In July 2015, he was arrested on charge of corruption.[6] The same month, his party membership was suspended by PTI[7] and he was removed from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial cabinet.[8]

He was released from jail in October 2016 on bail.[6]

In August 2017, he quit PTI and joined Pakistan Peoples Party.[9] In September 2017, PTI petitioned the Election Commission of Pakistan to unseat Afridi from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly on the grounds for quitting PTI. The petition was rejected in February 2018.[10]

References
  1. "Profile". www.pakp.gov.pk. KP Assembly. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "Imran asked to apologise for failure to hold corrupt accountable". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "PTI to rule the roost in KP". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. "KPK govt reshuffles provincial cabinet | Pakistan | Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. Akbar, Ali (5 October 2016). "Ex-PTI minister Ziaullah Afridi released on bail". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. Haider, Irfan (17 July 2015). "PTI suspends basic party membership of Ziaullah Afridi". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "KP minister Zia Ullah Afridi removed from cabinet". The Nation. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. Bilal, Muhammad (28 August 2017). "Ex-PTI minister Ziaullah Afridi joins PPP". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. Chaudhry, Fahad (8 February 2018). "ECP dismisses Imran Khan's petition against Ziaullah Afridi". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.


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