Mayor of Peshawar

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Mayor of Peshawar
ناظم پشاور
City District Government Peshawar Logo.png
City District Government Peshawar
Incumbent
Zubair Ali
since TBA
ResidencePeshawar, Pakistan
Term lengthFour years
Websitecdgpeshawar.gov.pk

Nazim-e-Peshawar (Urdu: ناظم پشاور) is the Mayor who heads the Municipal Corporation of Peshawar (MCP) which controls the City District Government of Peshawar.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013[]

Under the KPK Local government Act 2013, the City District Government of Peshawar by the District Council is formed which is divided into four towns each headed by its own Town Nazim and Naib Nazim.

following is the number of Peshawar district council members[1]

District General Women Peasant/Workers Minorities Youth Total
Peshawar 92 31 5 5 5 138

List of mayors of Peshawar[]

Party legend

  Awami National Party
  Peoples Party
  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
  Tehreek-e-Insaf
# Party Mayor Start date End date Deputy Mayor
1 Flag of Pakistan People's Party.svg Azam Khan Afridi 2001 2005 Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khalil
2 Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg Haji Ghulam Ali 17 October 2005 11 February 2009 Razaullah
3 Red flag.svg Haji Mohammad Umar 2010 2014
4 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf flag (25-32 ratio).svg Arbab Asim Khan 30 August 2015 2021 Syed Qasim Ali Shah
5 Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg Zubair Ali TBA Incumbent TBA

Mayor elections history[]

Mayor elections 2015[]

Peshawar City District Government Elections 2015.[2][3]
# Party Town 1 Town 2 Town 3 Town 4 PMC Percentage
1 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf flag (25-32 ratio).svg Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 16 13 11 4 44 55.7%
2 Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 0 2 3 2 7 9%
3 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Flag.svg Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 0 2 2 2 6 7.6%
4 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 0 0 0 5 5 6.3%
5 Red flag.svg Awami National Party 3 0 0 1 4 5%
6 Flag of Pakistan People's Party.svg Pakistan Peoples Party 0 2 0 0 2 2.5%
7 Independents 1 3 4 3 11 13.9%
- Results awaited 5 3 1 4 13 14%
- Total 25 25 21 21 92 100%
Votes Polled 485,042 32.8%
Total Votes 1,479,002 100%

Mayor election 2021[]

Local bodies election were held on 19 December 2021 after the implementation of new local body structure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[4][5]

2021 KPK Local Bodies Election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg JUI-F Zubair Ali 62,388
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf flag (25-32 ratio).svg PTI Rizwan Bangash 50,669
Flag of Pakistan People's Party.svg PPP Zarak Arbab 45,000
JUI (F) gain from PTI Swing

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013" (PDF).
  2. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  3. ^ "KPK voter turnout -ECP".
  4. ^ "KP's new LG system: structure, powers, and voting process". SAMAA TV. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Polling under way in KP for first phase of local bodies election 2021". Geo News. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Major upset for PTI as JUI-F wins Peshawar mayor seat". Dawn (newspaper). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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