Lal Muhammad Khan
Pakistani politician (died 2025)
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Lal Muhammad Khan (Urdu: لال محمد خان; died 8 November 2025) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He was also a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1988 to 1990.
Lal Muhammad Khan | |
|---|---|
لال محمد خان | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Constituency | NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 8 November 2025 |
Life and career
Khan was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PF-80 (Malakand Protected Area-II) in the 1988 Pakistani general election. He received 12,079 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Ahmad Hussain Khan.[1]
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of the Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PF-80 (Malakand Protected Area-II) in the 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 9,569 votes and lost the seat to Fazle Haq, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[1]
Khan ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-80 (Malakand Protected Area-II) in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 3,447 votes and lost the seat to Ghani Muhammad Khan, a candidate of PPP.[1]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) as a candidate of PPP in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[2][3] He received 17,538 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Inayat Ur-Rehman, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[4]
Khan was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand Protected Area) as a candidate of PPP in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[5][6] He received 34,472 votes and defeated Nisar Muhammad, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) (PPP-S).[7] In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed the Federal Minister for Special Initiatives[8] where he continued to serve until December 2010.[9] From February 2011 to December 2012, he remained in the federal cabinet with the status of federal minister without any portfolio.[10]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-35 (Malakand) as a candidate of PPP in the 2013 Pakistani general election[11][5] but was unsuccessful. He received 19,081 votes and lost the seat to Junaid Akbar.[12]
Khan died on 8 November 2025.[13]