Mujahid Ali

Mujahid Ali (Urdu: مجاہد علی; born 3 April 1972) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He previously served as a member from August 2018 till January 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018.

Mujahid Ali
مجاہدعلی
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 February 2024
Constituency	NA-21 Mardan-I
In office 13 August 2018 – 20 January 2023
Constituency	NA-20 (Mardan-I)
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-11 (Mardan-III)
Personal details
Born	(1972-04-03) 3 April 1972 (age 53) Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political party	PTI (2013-present)
Other political affiliations	PPP (2008)

Early life

He was born on 3 April 1972.^[1]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PK-25 (Mardan-III) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 7,035 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP).^[2]

Ali was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-11 (Mardan-III) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[3][4][5] He received 38,233 votes and defeated a candidate of PPP.^[6]

In 2013, he called for release of Mumtaz Qadri which created a controversy.^[4][5][7]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-20 (Mardan-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[8] He received 78,140 votes and defeated Gul Nawaz Khan, a candidate of ANP.^[9]