Sardar Mumtaz Khan

Sardar Mumtaz Khan Tamman (Urdu: سردار ممتاز خان ٹمن‎; born 26 May 1939) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 1993 to 1996 and again from October 2010 to May 2018.

Sardar Mumtaz Khan Tamman
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
October 2010 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-61 (Chakwal-II)
In office
1993–1996
ConstituencyNA-44 (Chakwal-II)
Personal details
Born (1939-05-26) 26 May 1939
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life

He was born on 26 May 1939.[1]

According to biographical encyclopaedia of pakistan by tahawar ali khan published in 1961, Malik mumtaz khan, sardar belongs to a notable and respectable chief family of awan qutab shahi of distt. Cambpellpur later Attock and now Chakwal tehsil talagang. Tahawar khan in his book mentions on page 524 section( notable families of pakistan), mumtaz khan’s family has been held in great esteem by every government. His grand father sardar abbas khan was the chief of family and also zaildar later his father sardar Allah yar Khan became the chief and zaildar for whole of his life. Khan’s uncle and father in law Malik Mehr Khan served in british indian army, he had the title of “Khan Bahadur”. Mumtaz khan’s cousin and also brother in law was the ex commander in chief of Pakistan Airforce PAF Air chief Marshal Nur khan, who also held many other prestigious posts and for his services chaklala airbase was renamed to Nur Khan airbase after his death by Government of Pakistan. Page 524 of biographical encyclopaedia of pakistan cites that sardar mumtaz khan ran many volunteer services during his life, one was during indo- pak war when he donated a lot of amount to war fund and also ran free transport during emergency. For these services mumtaz khan, sardar was awarded One gun with Government sanad class 1 and another sanad from chief secretary to Government of west Pakistan for voluntary public services. Mumtaz khan is one of the few politicians who have not lost any election which they contested. For this reason local people Refer to him often as “sada bahar MNA”

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate for Pakistan Peoples Party for Constituency NA-44 (Chakwal-II) in 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 77,185 votes and defeated Sardar Mansoor Hayat Tamman of IJI.[2]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate for Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) for Constituency NA-61 (Chakwal-II) in by-elections held in October 2010.[3] He received 92,714 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Mansoor Hayat Tamman.[4] The seat became vacant after the resignation of Sardar Faiz Tamman who was elected in 2008 Pakistani general election.[5]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate for PML-N for Constituency NA-61 (Chakwal-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8][9] He received 114,282 votes and defeated Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.[10]

He was offered PML-Q ticket to contest the 2018 general election from Constituency NA-65 (Chakwal-II) which Tamman declined.[11]

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References
  1. "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "NA Election results 1993" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. "PML-N man leads in Chakwal by-election". DAWN.COM. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. "PML-N wins Chakwal bye-election". The Nation. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. "Tough contest expected in NA-61 by-election". DAWN.COM. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. "PML-N's internal rifts blamed for its defeat in Chakwal". DAWN.COM. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. "Lines are being drawn for the battle in Chakwal". DAWN.COM. 19 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. "Chakwal district falls into PML-N's fold". DAWN.COM. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. "Official results: PML-N leading the race in National Assembly - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. Malik, Arif (4 August 2018). "NA-65 Chakwal-II to be vacated by Pervez Ilahi for Shujaat, PML-Q announces". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 August 2018.


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