Jawad Hussain

Jawad Hussain is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-39 (Tribal Area-IV) as an independent candidate in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 21,844 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Gul Karim Khan.

He joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2013. He received 7,547 votes and lost the seat to Ghazi Ghulab Jamal.

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency NA-47 (Tribal Area-VIII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 11,102 votes and defeated Qasim Gul, a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F).

On 19 May 2023, he left the PTI due to the 2023 Pakistani protests. He later re-joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on 2 June 2023.