{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali | honorific_suffix = | image = | office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start = 13 August 2018 | term_end = 10 August 2023 | constituency = NA-1 Chitral | term_start1 = 18 November 2002 | term_end1 = 15 November 2007 | constituency1 = NA-32 Chitral | birth_date = | birth_place = | party = TLP (2025-present) | other_party = JIP (2024-2025)<br>MNA (2002-2007; 2018-2023) }}
'''Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali''' is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
==Political career== He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MMA (a coalition of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan) from Constituency NA-1 (Chitral) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news |title=MMA wins NA-1, PA-1 contests |url=https://nation.com.pk/28-Jul-2018/mma-wins-na-1-pa-1-contests |accessdate=31 July 2018 |work=The Nation |date=28 July 2018}}</ref> He received 48,616 votes and defeated Abdul Latif, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).<ref>{{cite web |title=NA-1 Result – Election Results 2018 – Chitral – NA-1 Candidates – NA-1 Constituency Details – thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/NA-1 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |accessdate=31 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Earlier to this, He has also served Chitral District of KP as MNA in Gen (R) Musharraf led government back in 2002.
On April 6, 2023, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chatrali demanded action in the pattern of operations in Malakand Division and Swat on the new wave of terrorism in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North Waziristan, Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2023 |title=مولانا عبدالاکبرچترالی کا بڑھتی دہشت گردی پر سوات کی طرز پر کارروائی کا مطالبہ |trans-title=Maulana Abdul Akbar Chatrali's demand for Swat-style action on growing terrorism |url=https://www.jasarat.com/2023/04/06/abdul-akbar-chitrali-5/ |website=Daily Jasarat}}</ref>
On May 17, 2021, Chitrali appeared to call for the use of nuclear weapons against Israel and, potentially, India, asking: "when will this atomic power be useful? Will we use these missiles as toys? To show our kids? Or will we keep these missiles and this atom bomb in some museum, so that we will be able to say [in the future] that at a certain era we had managed to acquire nuclear power?"<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Assembly Member Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali Calls On Pakistani Government To Declare Jihad Against Israel: What Do We Have Missiles And Atom Bombs For?|url=https://www.memri.org/tv/pakistan-member-national-assembly-moulana-abdul-akbar-chitrali-demands-jihad-israel-atom-bomb|access-date=2021-05-24|website=MEMRI|language=en}}</ref>
On June 14, 2023, Abdul Akbar Chitrali has submitted a privilege motion in the house against appointment of outsiders on low grade posts by Pakistan Post in Chitral.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2023 |title=Outsiders appointed on low grade posts by in Chitral again |url=https://chitraltoday.net/2023/06/14/outsiders-appointed-on-low-grade-posts-by-pakistan-post-in-chitral/ |website=Chitral Today}}</ref>
== Electoral history ==
=== 2002 === {{Election box begin no change|title=General Election 2002: NA-32 Chitral <ref>{{cite web|title=Constituency-Wise Detailed Results|url=http://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Election%202002/National.pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|candidate=Abdul Akbar Chitrali|votes=36,130|percentage=44.38}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|candidate=Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin|votes=23,907|percentage=29.37}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Sardar Ali S. Aman|votes=20,862|percentage=25.62}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Abdul Latif|votes=516|percentage=0.63}} {{Election box valid no change|votes=81,415|percentage=96.94}} {{Election box rejected no change|votes=2,572|percentage=3.06}} {{Election box turnout no change|votes=83,987|percentage=49.13}} {{Election box majority no change|votes=12,223|percentage=15.01}} {{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal|loser=Independent (politician)}} {{Election box end}}
=== 2013 === {{Election box begin no change|title=General Election 2013: NA-32 Chitral <ref>{{cite web|title=Election Commission of Pakistan: List of Elections with their Bye Elections|url=http://www.ecp.gov.pk/AllResults.aspx}}</ref>}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=All Pakistan Muslim League|candidate=Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin|votes=29,772|percentage=23.83}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|candidate=Abdul Latif|votes=24,182|percentage=19.35}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=Abdul Akbar Chitrali|votes=20,520|percentage=16.42}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Pakistan Peoples Party|candidate=Muhammad Hakeem Khan|votes=19,877|percentage=15.91}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)|candidate=Hidayat ur Rehman|votes=15,928|percentage=12.75}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Awami National Party|candidate=Syed Muzafar Ali Shah Jahan|votes=6,728|percentage=5.38}} {{Election box candidate no change|party=TPAP|candidate=Irshad Alam Khan|votes=3,948|percentage=3.16}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Pakistan Muslim League (N)|candidate=Muhammad Younas|votes=2,463|percentage=1.97}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Muhammad Yahya|votes=941|percentage=0.75}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Asma Mehmood|votes=587|percentage=0.47}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Kamal Abdul Jamil|votes=0|percentage=0.00}} {{Election box valid no change|votes=124,946|percentage=95.00}} {{Election box rejected no change|votes=6,574|percentage=5.00}} {{Election box turnout no change|votes=131,520|percentage=63.66}} {{Election box majority no change|votes=5,590|percentage=4.48}} {{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=All Pakistan Muslim League|loser=Pakistan Muslim League (Q)}} {{Election box end}}
=== 2018 === {{Election box begin no change |title=General election 2018: NA-1 Chitral<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ConstResult.aspx?Const_Id=NA-1&type=NA&Election_ID=10070&Election=GENERAL+ELECTION+25+JUL+2018|title=ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan|website=www.ecp.gov.pk|access-date=8 August 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal |candidate = Abdul Akbar Chitrali |votes = 48,616 |percentage = 29.58 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |candidate = Abdul Latif |votes = 38,481 |percentage = 23.41 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Pakistan Peoples Party |candidate = Saleem Khan |votes = 32,635 |percentage = 19.86 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Pakistan Muslim League (N) |candidate = Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin |votes = 21,016 |percentage = 12.79 }} {{Election box candidate no change |party = Others |candidate = Others (seven candidates) |votes = 18,177 |percentage = 11.06 }} {{Election box end}}
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