Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-1 (Chitral) |
| In office 18 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | NA-32 (Chitral) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan |
| Other political affiliations | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (2002-2007; 2018-2023) |
Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MMA (a coalition of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Jamiat-e-Ulema F) from Constituency NA-1 (Chitral) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[1] He received 48,616 votes and defeated Abdul Latif, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[2] Earlier to this, He has also served Chitral District of KP as MNA in Gen (R) Musharraf led government back in 2002.
On May 17, 2021, Chitrali appeared to call for the use of nuclear weapons against Israel and, potentially, India, asking: "when will this atomic power be useful? Will we use these missiles as toys? To show our kids? Or will we keep these missiles and this atom bomb in some museum, so that we will be able to say [in the future] that at a certain era we had managed to acquire nuclear power?"[3][4]
Electoral history
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | 36,130 | 44.38 | ||
| PML(Q) | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | 23,907 | 29.37 | ||
| PPP | Sardar Ali S. Aman | 20,862 | 25.62 | ||
| PTI | Abdul Latif | 516 | 0.63 | ||
| Valid ballots | 81,415 | 96.94 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2,572 | 3.06 | |||
| Turnout | 83,987 | 49.13 | |||
| Majority | 12,223 | 15.01 | |||
| MMA gain from Independent | |||||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APML | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | 29,772 | 23.83 | ||
| PTI | Abdul Latif | 24,182 | 19.35 | ||
| JI | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | 20,520 | 16.42 | ||
| PPP | Muhammad Hakeem Khan | 19,877 | 15.91 | ||
| JUI (F) | Hidayat ur Rehman | 15,928 | 12.75 | ||
| ANP | Syed Muzafar Ali Shah Jahan | 6,728 | 5.38 | ||
| TPAP | Irshad Alam Khan | 3,948 | 3.16 | ||
| PML(N) | Muhammad Younas | 2,463 | 1.97 | ||
| Independent | Muhammad Yahya | 941 | 0.75 | ||
| Independent | Asma Mehmood | 587 | 0.47 | ||
| Independent | Kamal Abdul Jamil | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Valid ballots | 124,946 | 95.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6,574 | 5.00 | |||
| Turnout | 131,520 | 63.66 | |||
| Majority | 5,590 | 4.48 | |||
| APML gain from PML(Q) | |||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | Abdul Akbar Chitrali | 48,616 | 29.58 | |
| PTI | Abdul Latif | 38,481 | 23.41 | |
| PPP | Saleem Khan | 32,635 | 19.86 | |
| PML(N) | Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin | 21,016 | 12.79 | |
| Others | Others (seven candidates) | 18,177 | 11.06 | |
References
- ↑ "MMA wins NA-1, PA-1 contests". The Nation. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ "NA-1 Result – Election Results 2018 – Chitral – NA-1 Candidates – NA-1 Constituency Details – thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ "National Assembly Member Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali Calls On Pakistani Government To Declare Jihad Against Israel: What Do We Have Missiles And Atom Bombs For?". MEMRI. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ↑ "Pakistani politician praises Hitler for killing Jews". www.thejc.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ↑ "Constituency-Wise Detailed Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye Elections".
- ↑ "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 August 2018.