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Profession: Politician
Affiliation(s): PTI
Citizenship: Pakistani
Profile Shehryar Khan Afridi commonly known as Shehryar Afridi is a Pakistani politician, parliamentarian and a prominent member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Afridi was elected a member of national assembly on a ticket of Tehreek-e-Insaf from NA-14 (Kohat) in 2013. Afridi is the son of Haji Nadar Shah Afridi a prominent politician and parliamentarian in 90's. Afridi defeated Gohar Mohammad Khan Bangash of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam to win Kohat District's only national assembly seat. 67742 votes were polled in his favour while 31886 votes were bagged by the runner-up Gohar Mohammad Khan Bangash. Afridi was also nominated by his party as a candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan where he unsuccessfully contested against Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz. References: 1: Shehryar Afridi questioning Kohat power issues in National Assembly. 2: Heavy weights to face off in NA-14 Kohat. 3: PTI’s MNA Shehryar Afridi terms terrorism major issue of Pakistan. External links: 1: PTI OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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