ANP-Backed Lawyers Lead in KP Bar Council Elections: Provisional Results

PESHAWAR — Lawyers supported by the Awami National Party (ANP) have emerged as frontrunners in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council elections, winning at least 12 of the 28 seats, according to provisional results released on Sunday.

In Peshawar, the Malgari Wakilan (MW) group, affiliated with the ANP, secured three seats, while the Insaf Lawyers Forum (ILF) of PTI won two, and one independent candidate also triumphed. The seventh seat’s result remained uncertain, with conflicting reports indicating either Rafiq Mohmand (MW) or Khushnood Zakirullah, a female candidate, as the winner.

Declared winners in Peshawar included:

• MW: Khizar Hayat Khazana, Fazal-i-Wahid, Babar Khan Yousafzai

• ILF: Ali Zaman, Sophia Noreen

• Independent: Muhammad Saeed

Provisional results from other cities showed:

• Nowshera: Fida Afridi (Independent)

• Mardan: Zarbadshah (MW), Asfandyar (Islamic Lawyers Forum)

• Swabi: Syed Mubashir Shah (MW)

• Buner & Malakand: Said Hakeem (PLF)

• Swat: Inayat Khan (MW)

• Shangla: Fawad Khan (JLF)

• Abbottabad: Mohammad Ali Khan (PML-N), Shah Faisal (Independent)

• Mansehra: Waqas Raza (ILF), Waqarul Mulk (JLF/ILF support)

• Haripur: Shahid Mahmood (ANP-backed)

• Dera Ismail Khan: Hashmat Khan (PLF)

• Lakki Marwat: Farooq Sabir (ILF)

• Karak: Ahmad Farooq Khattak (MW)

• Kohat: Imaad Azam (ANP-supported)

• Bannu: Shah Hussain (MW)

• Chitral (Upper & Lower): Ikram Hussain (Islamic Lawyers Forum)

• Dir & Bajaur (joint): Shah Faisal Yousafzai (MW)

The official results of the KP Bar Council elections are scheduled to be announced on November 4.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General Shah Faisal Uthmankhel, also chairman of the KP Bar Council, served as the returning officer for the polls.

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This strong showing reinforces the ANP’s influence among the province’s legal community, particularly through the MW platform, which has maintained a significant presence in several key districts.

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