Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khan

Khan was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as an independent candidate in the 2002 North-West Frontier Province provincial election from PF-55 Mansehra-III. He received 11,930 votes and defeated Mufti Kifayatullah, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).^[1]

On 19 September 2003, he was selected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly.^[2]

He contested the 2008 North-West Frontier Province provincial election as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)) from PF-55 Mansehra-III, but was unsuccessful. He received 22,217 votes and was defeated by Mufti Kifayatullah, a candidate of MMA.^[3]

He contested the 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as an independent candidate from PK-55 Mansehra-III, but was unsuccessful. He received 24,251 votes and was defeated by Saleh Muhammad Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).^[4]

He contested the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as an independent candidate from PK-34 Mansehra-V, but was unsuccessful. He received 33,511 votes and was defeated by Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, a candidate of PML(N).^[5]

He won the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-15 Mansehra-cum-Torghar as an independent candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He received 105,249 votes while runner up Nawaz Sharif, leader of PML(N), received 80,382 votes.^[6][7]