Muhammad Gohar Shah
Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National [Assembly of Pakistan], from June 2013 to May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to November 2007.
Early life
He was born on 1 January 1950.Political career
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) from Constituency PF-13 in the 1988 [Pakistani general election], but was unsuccessful. He received 7,773 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Awami National Party.He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of JUI-F from Constituency PF-13 in the 1990 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 12,457 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of ANP.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Mahaz from Constituency PF-13 in the 1993 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 8.728 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of ANP.
Shah ran for the seat of National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of JUI-F from Constituency NA-5 in the 1997 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 34,733 votes and lost the seat to Asfandyar Wali Khan.
Shah was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal from Constituency NA-7 (Charsadda-I) in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 55,917 votes and defeated Asfandyar Wali Khan.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of MMA from Constituency PK-20 (Charsadda-IV) in the 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He secured 4,860 votes and lost the seat to Aftab [Ahmad Khan Sherpao].
Shah was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of JUI-F from Constituency NA-7 in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 53,610 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.