Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar

Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar is a Pakistani politician from Peshawar who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023.^[1]

Muhammad Ishtiaq
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Environment, Forest and Wildlife
In office 30 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Mahmood Khan
Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
Constituency	PK-69 (Peshawar-IV)
In office 31 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
Constituency	PK-11 (Peshawar-XI)
Personal details
Born	Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political party	PTI-P (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	PTI (1997-2023)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

He contested the 1997 North-West Frontier Province provincial election as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PF-7 Peshawar-VII, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,797 votes and was defeated by Hidayatullah Chamkani, a candidate of the Awami National Party (ANP).^[2]

Ishtiaq was elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of the PTI from PK-11 (Peshawar-XI) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 15,153 votes and defeated Khalid Waqar, a candidate of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)).^[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly as a candidate of the PTI from PK-69 Peshawar-IV in the 2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election. He received 17,652 votes and defeated Arbab Muhammad Usman Khan, an independent candidate.^[4]

On 17 July 2023, he left the PTI and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI(P).^[5]