Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur | |
Honorific-Suffix: | Minister |
Office: | Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights |
Term Start: | 31 May 2013 |
Term End: | 16 October 2013 |
Successor: | Imtiaz Shahid |
Office1: | Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly |
Term Start3: | 2002 |
Term End3: | 2008 |
Term Start2: | 2008 |
Term End2: | 2013 |
Term Start1: | May 2013 |
Term End1: | October 2013 |
Constituency: | PK-67 D.I. Khan-IV |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) |
Otherparty: | Pakistan People's Party (S) (2008-2013) |
Birth Date: | 1975 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan District, Pakistan |
Death Place: | Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan District, Pakistan |
Parents: | Inayatullah Khan Gandapur (father) |
Relatives: | Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur (brother) Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur (Nephew) |
Sardar Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur (; 6 August 1975 – 16 October 2013) was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 till his murder by a terrorist suicide bomber. In his third term, he was serving as Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights at the time of his death.[1] [2]
On 16 October 2013, Gandapur was murderedalong with at least seven other victimsby a suicide bomb blast on the first day of Eid al-Adha while greeting locals at his residence in Kulachi village.[3] [4] He was the third Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) killed by terrorists in a period of five months, following MPA Fareed Khan and MPA Imran Khan Mohmand.[2]
After his death, his seat in the Provincial Assembly was won by his brother, Ikramullah Gandapur; Ikramullah was murdered by a terrorist in the 2018 Kulachi suicide bombing.[5]
After the death of Sardar Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur, a government college was named in his honor.[6]