Malik Jawad Hussain | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 25 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-47 (Tribal Area-VIII) |
In office 2008–2013 | |
Constituency | NA-39 (Tribal Area-IV) |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan People's Party (2023-present) |
Other political affiliations | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023) |
Jawad Hussain is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-39 (Tribal Area-IV) as an independent candidate of in 2008 Pakistani general election.[1][2][3][4] He received 21,844 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Gul Karim Khan.[5]
He joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2013.[2]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-39 (Tribal Area-IV) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[1][6] He received 7,547 votes and lost the seat to Ghazi Ghulab Jamal.[7]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-47 (Tribal Area-VIII) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[8] He received 11,102 votes and defeated Qasim Gul, a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F).[9]
On 19 May 2023, he left the PTI due to the 2023 Pakistani protests. He later joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on 2 June 2023.[10][11]