{{Short description|Pakistani politician (born 1969)}} {{for|the Pakistani middle-distance runner|Mahmoud Jan}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mehmood Jan | office = Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | term_start = 15 August 2018 | term_end = 18 January 2023 | predecessor = Meher Taj Roghani | successor = Suraya Bibi | office1 = Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | term_start1 = 13 August 2018 | term_end1 = 18 January 2023 | constituency1 = PK-66 (Peshawar-I) | term_start2 = 31 May 2013 | term_end2 = 28 May 2018 | constituency2 = [[Constituency PK-07 (Peshawar-VII)|PK-7 (Peshawar-VII])]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|5|5}} | birth_place = Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | party = PTI (2013-present) | 1namedata = Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani | 1blankname = Speaker | image = }}
'''Mehmood Jan''' ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمود جان}}}}; born 5 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office from August 2018 till January 2023. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018.
==Early life and education== He was born on 5 May 1969 in Peshawar, Pakistan.<ref name="pakp/2018">{{cite web |title=Mehmood Jan |url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2018/member/pk-66-2018/ |publisher=KP Assembly |accessdate=15 August 2018}}</ref>
==Political career== He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency PK-7 (Peshawar-VII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 12,583 votes and defeated Hashmat Khan, a candidate of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI).<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=13 August 2018}}</ref>
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-66 (Peshawar-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news |title=PTI makes a clean sweep in Peshawar district |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/346996-pti-makes-a-clean-sweep-in-peshawar-district |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=The News |language=en}}</ref> Following his successful election, PTI nominated him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |title=PTI names Mushtaq Ghani for speaker, Mehmood Jan deputy speaker in K-P Assembly {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1780020/1-pti-names-mushtaq-ghani-speaker-mehmood-jan-deputy-speaker-k-p-assembly/ |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=13 August 2018}}</ref> On 15 August, he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |title=KP Assemebly: PTI's Mushtaq Ghani Speaker, Mehmood Jan deputy |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/355495-mushtaq-ghani-elected-kp-assembly-speaker |accessdate=15 August 2018 |work=The News |date=15 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He received 78 votes against his opponent Jamshaid Khan Mohmand who received 30 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mehmood Jan of PTI elected as Dy Speaker of KP assembly |url=https://www.app.com.pk/mehmood-jan-of-pti-elected-as-dy-speaker-of-kp-assembly/ |accessdate=15 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=15 August 2018}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jan, Mehmood}} Category:Living people Category:1969 births Category:Pashtun politicians Category:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2013–2018 Category:Politicians from Peshawar Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Category:Deputy speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa