Muhammad Sajjad Explained

Muhammad Sajjad
Office:Provincial Minister of Agriculture for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term Start:7 March 2024
Office1:Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term Start1:28 February 2024
Constituency1:PK-98 Karak-II
Party:PTI (2024-present)
Birth Place:Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Muhammad Sajjad is a Pakistani politician from Karak District. He is currently serving as Provincial Minister of Agriculture for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) in the Gandapur ministry and is a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since February 2024.

Political career

He contested the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Independent candidate from PK-98 Karak-II. He secured 37,160 votes and won the seat.[1] [2] [3] Following this, he was inducted into the PTI provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur as Minister for Agriculture.

As Minister, Sajjad stated that agriculture was the backbone of the economy and that since Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s land was fertile, he and the government would put special attention and effort into boosting the agriculture sector and making it self-sufficient.[4] He also directed officials in the Agriculture Department to plant more fruit orchards to more areas of the province while he visited the Directorate General of Agriculture Research in Peshawar.[5] He has also continuously emphasized the Gandapur ministry’s commitment to agricultural research.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PK-98 Election Result 2024 Karak 2, Candidates List .
  2. Web site: Independent Candidate Wins PK-98 Election .
  3. Web site: Independent Candidate wins PK-98 election . 9 February 2024 .
  4. Web site: Efforts urged to boost agriculture in KP . 2024-09-22 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
  5. Web site: Minister wants fruit orchard on more areas . 2024-09-22 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
  6. Web site: ‘KP govt committed to promoting agriculture’ . 2024-09-22 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.