Sardar Muhammad Idrees
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
29 May 2013  28 May 2018
ConstituencyConstituency PK-48 (Abbottabad-V)
Personal details
Died(2023-03-25)25 March 2023
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Sardar Muhammad Idrees (Urdu: سردار محمد ادریس; died 25 March 2023) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province from 2002 to 2007.

Life and career

Idrees had a degree in Bachelor of Arts.[1]

Idrees was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as an independent candidate from Constituency PF-48 (Abbottabad-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 13,928 votes and defeated a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[3] He joined Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI-F) after becoming elected.[4] In December 2002, he was inducted into the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani and was appointed provincial minister of NWFP for local government and rural development.[5]

Idrees ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province as a candidate of MMA from Constituency PF-48 Abbottabad-V in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,354 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[6] In November 2008, he quit JUI-F and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4]

Idrees was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Constituency PK-48 Abbottabad-V in 2013 Pakistani general election.[7] He received 32,998 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]

Idrees also contested the 2018 general elections but lost to Sardar Aurangzeb of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[9]

Idrees died on 25 March 2023.[10]

References

  1. "Profile". www.pakp.gov.pk. KP Assembly. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "NAB inquiry against Sardar Idrees adds to PTI woes". www.thenews.com.pk. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 "JUI-F leader joins PPP". www.thenews.com.pk. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. Yusufzai, Rahimullah (4 December 2002). "11-member NWFP cabinet sworn in". GulfNews. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. "List of winners of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. "Notification" (PDF).
  10. "Sardar Muhammad Idrees obituary". The News. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.


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