Muhammad Idrees (politician)
Pakistani politician (died 2023)
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Sardar Muhammad Idrees (Urdu: سردار محمد ادریس; died 25 March 2023) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province from 2002 to 2007.
Sardar Muhammad Idrees | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Constituency PK-48 (Abbottabad-V) |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 25 March 2023 |
| Party | PTI (2013-2023) |
Life and career
Idrees had a degree in Bachelor of Arts.[1]
Idrees was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-48 (Abbottabad-V) in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 13,928 votes and defeated a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[3] He joined Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI-F) after becoming elected.[4] In December 2002, he was inducted into the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani and was appointed provincial minister of NWFP for local government and rural development.[5]
Idrees ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as a candidate of MMA from Constituency PF-48 Abbottabad-V in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,354 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[6] In November 2008, he quit JUI-F and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4]
Idrees was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Constituency PK-48 Abbottabad-V in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[7] He received 32,998 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]
Idrees also contested the 2018 general elections but lost to Sardar Aurangzeb of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[9]
Idrees died on 25 March 2023.[10]
