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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Obaidullah Shadikhel
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 30 August 2013
|term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency = [[Constituency NA-71|NA-71 (Mianwali-I)]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Obaidullah Khan Shadikhel''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|عبیداللہ خان شادی خیل}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from August 2013 to May 2018.

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from [[Constituency NA-71|Constituency NA-71 (Mianwali-I)]] in [[2002 Pakistani general election]], but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|title=As Pakistan goes to polls: Take a peek at some major NA constituencies|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/813877|accessdate=6 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=10 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114952/https://www.dawn.com/news/813877|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref> He received 60,533 votes and lost the seat to [[Imran Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency NA-71 (Mianwali-I) in by-election held in August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wasim|first1=Amir|title=By-elections spring some upsets|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1037757|accessdate=12 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=PML-N wins five NA, 10 PA seats in Punjab|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1037752|accessdate=12 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 August 2013}}</ref> He received 69,799 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]].<ref>{{cite news|title=NA-71 by-election: ECP dismisses PTI's claim of rigging in Mianwali - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/620881/na-71-by-election-ecp-dismisses-ptis-claim-of-rigging-in-mianwali/|accessdate=12 May 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=22 October 2013}}</ref> The seat became vacant after [[Imran Khan]] who won it in [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]] vacated it in order to retain the National Assembly seat he won in Constituency NA-56 (Rawalpindi-VII).<ref>{{cite news|title=Imran Khan secures second seat with NA-71 Mianwali - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/547937/imran-khan-secures-second-seat-with-na-71-mianwali/|accessdate=27 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=12 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020407/https://tribune.com.pk/story/547937/imran-khan-secures-second-seat-with-na-71-mianwali/|archivedate=28 March 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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