{{Short description|Pakistani politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_suffix = | name = Dawar Khan Kundi | office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start = 29 February 2024 | term_end = | constituency = NA-43 Tank-cum-Dera Ismail Khan | party = PTI (2013-2017; 2023-present) | native_name = {{nq|داورخان کندی}} | other_party = PMLN (2020–2023)<br>PPP (2002-2013) | birth_place = Runwal, Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | constituency1 = NA-25 (D.I.Khan-Tank) | term_start1 = 25 September 2013 | term_end1 = 31 May 2018 | honorific_prefix = }}
'''Dawar Khan Kundi''' ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|داور خان کندی}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was also a member from September 2013 to May 2018.
== Early life and education == He was born into a politically active Pashtun family belonging to the Runwal village of Tank District. His father Amanullah Khan Kundi, who died in 2023, was a politician affiliated with Islamic Jamhoori Ittehad and later Pakistan People's Party politician and served as the provincial food minister. Dawar's brother Mustafa Kundi is a former district nazim Tank. He has two other brothers, Dilawar Khan Kundi and Abdullah Khan Kundi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2023 |title=Former minister Amanullah Kundi laid to rest in Tank |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1731825 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Dawn News}}</ref>
Dawar has done his Master's in Political Science from Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, his M.Phil in International Relations from the National Defence University, Islamabad and his Ph.D from the Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://srdpk.pk/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806105139/https://srdpk.pk/about/ |archive-date=6 August 2023 |website=SOJHRO Research & Development}}</ref>
==Political career== Kundi ran for the National Assembly from NA-25 (D.I.Khan-cum-Tank) as a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the 2002 Pakistani general election,<ref>{{cite news|title=DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Fazl vacates NA-25 seat|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/67002/dera-ismail-khan-fazl-vacates-na-25-seat|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 November 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202113/https://www.dawn.com/news/67002/dera-ismail-khan-fazl-vacates-na-25-seat|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref> but was unsuccessful. He received 31,976 votes and lost the seat to Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, a candidate and the leader of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=23 February 2018|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He ran for the same seat as a PPP candidate in the 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful once again,<ref>{{cite news|title=KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Bilour's bastion|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1010775|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202108/https://www.dawn.com/news/1010775|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Result of NA seat still awaited|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/109970-IS-planted-thousands-of-mines-in-Palmyra|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202141/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/109970-IS-planted-thousands-of-mines-in-Palmyra|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Electioneering in full swing for Tank by-polls|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/284137-electioneering-in-full-swing-for-tank-by-polls|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202047/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/284137-electioneering-in-full-swing-for-tank-by-polls|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref> receiving 39,450 votes and losing the seat to Atta-ur-Rehman, a candidate of MMA.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=23 February 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Kundi ran for the same seat once more, this time as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 47,543 votes and lost the seat to Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, who was contesting as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)).<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=7 April 2018|archive-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PTI announces candidates for KPK |work=The Nation |url=http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Apr-2013/pti-announces-candidates-for-kpk |url-status=live |accessdate=24 March 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202043/http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Apr-2013/pti-announces-candidates-for-kpk |archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=11 May 2013 |title=KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Bilour's bastion |language=en |work=DAWN.COM |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1010775/newspaper/newspaper/column |url-status=live |accessdate=24 March 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202117/https://www.dawn.com/news/1010775/newspaper/newspaper/column |archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref> Fazal-ur-Rehman later vacated the seat in order to retain the seat he had won in his home constituency, NA-24 (D.I.Khan).<ref>{{cite news|title=By-polls: Election in DI Khan on September 18 - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/598996/by-polls-election-in-di-khan-on-september-18/|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 September 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201649/https://tribune.com.pk/story/598996/by-polls-election-in-di-khan-on-september-18/|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref>
Kundi finally won the constituency as a PTI candidate in the ensuing by-election held in September 2013. He received 64,218 votes and defeated Asad Mehmood, a candidate of JUI(F).<ref>{{cite news|title=PTI wins seat vacated by JUI-F chief|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1043920|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 September 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303201916/https://www.dawn.com/news/1043920|archivedate=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NA-25 by-polls: PTI wins JUI-F stronghold - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/606340/na-25-by-polls-pti-wins-jui-f-stronghold/|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=19 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2017, he was expelled from the PTI for violating the party's code of conduct, as he criticized the party's policies and select individuals such as Ali Amin Gandapur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2017 |title=Allegations against Gandapur: MNA Kundi will be expelled from PTI, says Imran |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/245549-allegations-against-gandapur-mna-kundi-will-be-expelled-from-pti-says-imran |website=The News International}}</ref>
He was the only MNA who voted against the constitutional amendment bill for FATA-KP merger in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dawn.com|first1=Amir Wasim |title=National Assembly passes landmark KP-Fata merger bill|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1409710/national-assembly-passes-landmark-kp-fata-merger-bill|accessdate=24 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 May 2018}}</ref>
He ran for the National Assembly from NA-37 Tank as an independent candidate in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 13,567 votes and was defeated by Asad Mehmood, a candidate of MMA.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=NA-37 Tank Election 2018 Full Result Candidate Vote |url=https://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2018/NA-37.htm |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=www.electionpakistani.com}}</ref>
On 12 March 2020, he joined the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) and was made the provincial senior vice president of the party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 2020 |title=Ex-PTI MNA Dawar Kundi joins PML-N |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/627816-ex-pti-mna-dawar-kundi-joins-pml-n |website=The News International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Reconciliation reached in K-P's infamous stripping case |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2294928/reconciliation-reached-in-k-ps-infamous-stripping-case?amp=1 |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
On 21 November 2023, he left the PML(N) and officially re-joined the PTI.
In the 2024 Pakistani general election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as a PTI-affiliated independent candidate from NA-43 Tank-cum-Dera Ismail Khan. He received 64,575 votes and defeated Asad Mehmood, a candidate of the JUI(F).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=NA-43 Tank Election 2024 Full Result Candidate Vote |url=https://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2024/NA-43.htm |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.electionpakistani.com}}</ref> He, like all the other winning PTI-affiliated independent candidates, later joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Junaidi |first=Ikram |date=2024-02-22 |title=PTI-backed independents join Sunni Ittehad Council |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1816169 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
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