Obaidullah Shadikhel
Pakistani politician
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Obaidullah Khan Shadikhel (Urdu: عبیداللہ خان شادی خیل) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996 and again from August 2013 to May 2018.
Obaidullah Shadikhel | |
|---|---|
| عبیداللہ شادی خیل | |
| Interior Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 2 December 1971 – 19 June 1998 | |
| Constituency | NA-71 (Mianwali-I) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 2 December 1971 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-53 (Mianwali-I) |
| Chief Minister of Punjab | |
| In office 1978–1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | AP (2025-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PMLN (2013-2025) PML(Q) (2002-2013) |
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly in 1993 Pakistani General Elections as an independent candidate.[1]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-71 (Mianwali-I) in the 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[2] He received 60,533 votes and lost the seat to Imran Khan.[3]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-71 (Mianwali-I) in by-election held in August 2013.[4][5] He received 69,799 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[6] The seat became vacant after Imran Khan who won it in 2013 general election vacated it in order to retain the National Assembly seat he won in Constituency NA-56 (Rawalpindi-VII).[7]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-95 (Mianwali-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[8] He received only 50,015 votes and lost the seat to Chairman PTI Imran Khan received 163,538 votes, with very heavy margin of 113,523 votes.[9][10][11]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-89 (Mianwali-I) in the 2024 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[12][13][14] He received only 34,573 votes and lost the seat to Imran Khan's Candidate Jamal Ahsan Khan Isakhel received 217,613 votes, with very heavy margin of 183,040 votes.[15][16]
