Mir Kalam

Mir Kalam Khan Wazir (Pashto/Urdu: میرکلام خان وزیر) is a Pakistani politician who is member-elect of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He is a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).[3]

Mir Kalam Khan
Member-elect of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ConstituencyPK-112 (North Waziristan-II)
Personal details
Born (1990-02-18) February 18, 1990[1]
Asadkhel (near Razmak), Dossali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyIndependent
FatherShuja Mir Khan[1]
Alma materUniversity of Peshawar[2]

Early life and education

Mir Kalam was born and raised in Asadkhel, a village about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the hill station of Razmak, in the Dossali Subdivision of North Waziristan, Pakistan. In 2011, he graduated from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Peshawar.[2]

Political career

Kalam contested 2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election on 20 July 2019 from constituency PK-112 (North Waziristan-II) as an independent. He won the election by the majority of 4,079 votes over the runner up Mir Sadiqullah of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He garnered 12,057 votes while Sadiqullah received 7,978 votes.[4]

References
  1. "Mir Kalam Khan". Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. "Lawmaker from North Waziristan to work on confidence-building between people, state". The News International. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "PTM secures one seat in tribal districts' polls". The News International. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. "Independents grab most seats in merged districts' elections – Samaa Digital". www.samaa.tv. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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