Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur

Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from October 2018 to January 2023. Gandapur is the youngest ever member of the KPK parliament, being of only 25 years at time of his inclusion into Parliament. He has a bachelor's degree in international relations. Gandapur was elected onto PK-99 after the killing of his father in the Kulachi bombings. His family has been in politics for many years - with his grandfather serving as Chief Minister of KPK, his uncle Isarullah serving as law minister, and his father serving as agricultural minister.

Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
22 October 2018 – 18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-99 (Dera Ismail Khan-V)
Personal details
BornNovember 14, 1992
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (until 2023)
RelationsInayatullah Khan Gandapur (Grand father)
Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur (Uncle)
Parent

Political career

Gandapur was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from the constituency PK-99 in 2018 Pakistani by-elections held on 14 October 2018. He defeated an independent candidate Fatehullah Khan. Gandapur garnered 30,330 votes while his closest rival secured 22,825 votes.[2]

References
  1. "By-elections in KP: PTI banking on families of party leaders to deliver seats". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 15 October 2018.


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