Khushal Khan Kakar

Khushal Khan Kakar
Khushal Khan Kakar
خوشحال خان کاکڑ
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party
Parent	Usman Kakar (father);

Khushal Khan Kakar (Urdu: خوشحال خان کاکڑ) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder of the Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party (PNAP).

Political career edit

Kakar established the Pashtunkhwa National Awami Party (PKNAP) on 27 December 2022, founding it as a distinct faction of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP).^[2]^[3]^[4]

He contested the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-251 Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah, NA-262 Quetta-I and NA-265 Pishin as a PKNAP candidate. He received 46,117 votes, 8,810 votes, and 31,436 votes, being defeated by Syed Samiullah of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)), Adil Khan Bazai, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) affiliated independent, and Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of the JUI(F), respectively.^[5]

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