Mayor of Peshawar
ناظم پشاور
City District Government Peshawar
Incumbent
Zubair Ali
since 16 March 2022
ResidencePeshawar, Pakistan
Term lengthFour years
Websitecdgpeshawar.gov.pk

Nazim-e-Peshawar (Urdu: ناظم پشاور) is the Mayor who heads the Municipal Corporation of Peshawar (MCP) which controls the City District Government of Peshawar.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013

Under the KPK Local government Act 2013, the City District Government of Peshawar by the District Council is formed which is divided into four towns each headed by its own Town Nazim and Naib Nazim.

following is the number of Peshawar district council members[1]

District General Women Peasant/Workers Minorities Youth Total
Peshawar 92 31 5 5 5 138

List of mayors of Peshawar

# Party Mayor Start date End date Deputy Mayor
1 Azam Khan Afridi 2001 2005 Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khalil
2 Haji Ghulam Ali 17 October 2005 11 February 2009 Razaullah
3 Haji Mohammad Umar 2010 2014
4 Arbab Asim Khan 30 August 2015 2021 Syed Qasim Ali Shah
5 Zubair Ali 16 March 2022[2] Incumbent -

Mayor elections history

Mayor elections 2015

Peshawar City District Government Elections 2015.[3][4]
# Party Town 1 Town 2 Town 3 Town 4 PMC Percentage
1 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 16 13 11 4 44 55.7%
2 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 0 2 3 2 7 9%
3 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 0 2 2 2 6 7.6%
4 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 0 0 0 5 5 6.3%
5 Awami National Party 3 0 0 1 4 5%
6 Pakistan Peoples Party 0 2 0 0 2 2.5%
7 Independents 1 3 4 3 11 13.9%
- Results awaited 5 3 1 4 13 14%
- Total 25 25 21 21 92 100%
Votes Polled 485,042 32.8%
Total Votes 1,479,002 100%

Mayor election 2021

Local bodies election were held on 19 December 2021 after the implementation of new local body structure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[5][6]

2021 KPK Local Bodies Election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
JUI-F Zubair Ali 62,388
PTI Rizwan Bangash 50,669
PPP Zarak Arbab 45,000
JUI (F) gain from PTI Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Mayors, chairmen of tehsil councils take oath in 17 districts". Dawn (newspaper). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  4. ^ "KPK voter turnout -ECP".
  5. ^ "KP's new LG system: structure, powers, and voting process". SAMAA TV. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Polling under way in KP for first phase of local bodies election 2021". Geo News. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Major upset for PTI as JUI-F wins Peshawar mayor seat". Dawn (newspaper). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
Categories