Ghalib Khan

Ghalib Khan
غالب خان
Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions
In office
4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-41 (South Waziristan Agency)
Personal details
Born (1964-10-08) 8 October 1964 (age 60)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Ghalib Khan (Urdu: غالب خان; born 8 October 1964) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 8 October 1964.[1]

Political career

Khan ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-41 (Tribal Area-VI) in the 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 1,140 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Maalik Wazir.[2]

He ran for the seat of National Assembly from Constituency NA-41 (Tribal Area-VI) as an independent candidate in the 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[3][4] He secured 7,921 votes and lost again to Abdul Maalik Wazir.[5]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency NA-41 (Tribal Area-VI) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8] He received 8,022 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Ali Wazir, by a narrow margin of 300 votes.[9] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[10][11] He was appointed as the Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions.[12][13] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Khan ceased to hold the office as minister.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ "2008 election controversy reappears in court". DAWN.COM. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Maulana Abdul Malik declared NA-41 winner". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Mullah Nazir group summons electoral candidates in Wana". DAWN.COM. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Elections: ANP, PPP face daunting task in hostile Waziristan". DAWN.COM. 4 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Re-polling: PML-N wins NA-41 seat, PPPP PK-71". DAWN.COM. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  10. ^ "A 43-member new cabinet sworn in". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. ^ "PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today". Pakistan Today. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Portfolios of federal, state ministers". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Notification" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.