Alamgir Khan (Urdu: عالمگیر خان) is a Pakistani activist and politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2018 till January 2023. Khan belongs to the Mahsud tribe of South Waziristan currently living in Karachi, Pakistan.
Alamgir Khan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 29 October 2018 – 17 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-243 (Karachi East-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | PTI (2018-present) |
On 18 December 2021, Khan was injured at a blast at a private bank branch in the Sher Shah area of Karachi.[1]
Activism
editHe is the founder of his own organization named as Fixit.[2] While pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree from Iqra University, Khan started a campaign in January 2016 to spray-paint the portrait of then Chief Minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah alongside uncovered sewer holes and garbage dumps in various part of Karachi.[3][2] The campaign, called Fix It, achieved wide coverage.[4][5][6]
On 25 February 2016, he was arrested by the police after he attempted to empty the garbage bins outside the Sindh Chief Minister House in Karachi.[7] The next day, he was released on bail.[8] In March 2016, a city court in Karachi indicted him in a case of wrongful restraint.[9][6]
Khan was also briefly arrested after a clash between FixIt volunteers and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) workers at Teen Talwar in June 2019.[10]
Political career
editIn August 2018, Khan was allocated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ticket to contest the by-election from Constituency NA-243 (Karachi East-II).[11]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-243 (Karachi East-II) in by-election held on 14 October 2018.[12][13]
External links
edit- "Mr. Muhammad Alamgir Khan", Personal Profile, National Assembly of Pakistan, retrieved 22 July 2022
More Reading
editReferences
edit- ^ "Blast in Karachi's Shershah leaves 16 dead, more than a dozen injured".
- ^ a b Zahra, Afshan. "Alamgir Khan's #FixIt campaign in full swing". Aaj News. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "In full swing: 42 manholes covered in Karachi's 'sleeping beauty' campaign | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Power of an image: CM's face fills the gap where govt is missing | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "#Fixit". The Express Tribune. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ a b Tanoli, Ishaq (18 March 2016). "'Fix it' campaigner Alamgir Khan indicted". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "#FixIt campaigner Alamgir arrested in Karachi | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Fix-It campaigner Alamgir Khan released on bail". The News. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "#FixIt campaigner Alamgir Khan indicted | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Alamgir Khan released after brief arrest". 29 July 2019.
- ^ "FixIt founder set to contest Karachi by-poll on PTI ticket | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "PTI's Alamgir wins NA-243 with big margin". The Nation. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ Chaudhry, Fahad (18 October 2018). "ECP notifies victory of 22 candidates, withholds notices of 13 others for not disclosing campaign costs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 October 2018.