Himayat Ullah Mayar

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Himayat Ullah Mayar
Mayor of Mardan
Assumed office
2021
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2012–2013
ConstituencyNA-9 (Mardan-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Himayat Ullah Mayar (Urdu: حمایت اللہ مایار) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as Mayor of Mardan since March 2022.[1] He had also served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Political career[edit]

He served as former nazim of Mardan district.[2][3]

He ran for the seat of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP) from Constituency PK-25 (Mardan-III) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 5,483 votes and lost the seat to Israr-ul-Haq, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[4]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-9 (Mardan-I) as a candidate of ANP in by-polls held in 2012.[5] He received 30,770 votes and defeated Maulana Shuja Ul Mulk, a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) (JUI-F).[6]

In August 2015, he was elected district nazim of Mardan.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mardan mayor moves PHC over delay in administration of oath". 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ "ANP's Himayatullah Mayar to face JUI-F, PML-N candidates". The News. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ^ "14 candidates to battle it out in NA-9 by-polls". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Unofficial results of by-polls 2012..." Dunya News. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Heavyweights flexing muscles to win NA-9". The Nation. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ^ Report, Dawn (31 August 2015). "Ruling PTI gets nazim slots in nine districts of KP". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 8 February 2018.