Arbab Amir Ayub

Arbab Amir Ayub
ارباب عامر ایوب
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-29 Peshawar-II
In office
13 August 2018 – 20 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-28 (Peshawar-II)
In office
2 November 2017 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-4 (Peshawar-IV)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPTI (2017-present)
RelativesArbab Muhammad Zahir (brother)[1]

Arbab Amir Ayub (Urdu: ارباب عامر ایوب) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023 and from November 2017 to May 2018.

Early life and education

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Ayub undergraduated in marketing from the United Kingdom.[1]

Political career

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Ayub served as a mayor (town nazim) of Peshawar Town 4[2] from 2005 to 2009[3] as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP).[4]

He left ANP to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)[4] in May 2017.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) in by-polls held in October 2017, following the seat fell vacant after the death of Gulzar Khan.[6][7] He secured 47,586 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-28 (Peshawar-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] He received 74,414 votes and defeated Sabir Hussain Awan, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NA-4 by-election: The candidates". Geo News. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ "NA-4 by-election: Canvassing end at midnight - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ Shamim Shahid (22 October 2017). "NA-4 by-elections: A test case for 2018 general election". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "NA-4 by-election a test of PTI's popularity". The Nation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Peshawar: ANP's Arbab Amir joins PTI - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ "PTI retains NA seat in Peshawar by-election with 45,734 votes". DAWN.COM. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ^ "PTI retains NA-4 seat from Peshawar - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ^ "PTI wins NA-4 by-election - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  9. ^ "PTI remains on top with 65 PA seats in KP". The Nation. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. ^ "NA-28 Result - Election Results 2018 - Peshawar 2 - NA-28 Candidates - NA-28 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.