Nadeem Khayal | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 22 February 2023 |
Term End: | 10 August 2023 |
Constituency: | NA-33 (Hangu) |
Party: | PTI (2022-present) |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Parents: | Khayal Zaman Orakzai (father) |
Predecessor: | Khayal Zaman Orakzai |
Nadeem Khayal Khan is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from February 2023 till August 2023.[1] [2]
Khayal was elected to the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan in a 2022 by-election from the NA-33 (Hangu) constituency as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[3] [4] He received 20,772 votes and defeated Obaid Ullah, a candidate of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F).[5] [6] Khayal was notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan on 30 April 2022. He took the oath of office on 22 February 2023.[7] [8] [9]
It was alleged that he had left the PTI to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P), a new party founded by the former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak. Due to these allegations, his basic membership with the PTI was terminated. However, two days later, Khayal had announced in a press conference that he had forcefully been brought to Khattak's gathering where the latter had announced the foundation of the PTI-P. Khayal had also said that he was a part of the PTI and had no connections with the PTI-P.[10]