Nasrullah Khan Khattak

Nasrullah Khan Khattak
6th Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province
In office
3 May 1975 – 9 April 1977
GovernorSyed Ghawas
Naseerullah Babar
Preceded bySardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur
Succeeded byMohammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon
Personal details
Born1923
Died2 November 2009
Nowshera
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
Nasrullah Khan Khattak in Peshawar (1973)

Nasrullah Khan Khattak (1923 – 2 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician, who was the 6th elected Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and served from 3 May 1975 to 19 April 1977.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

He was born in 1923[2] in the village of Manki Sharif to Hastam Khan Khattak.[5] He belonged to the Khattak tribe. He studied at Aitchison College, Lahore. He was the cousin of Pervez Khattak, a former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[5]

Political career

Nasrullah Khattak started his political career when he was elected as chairman of the Manki Sharif Union Council in 1962.[6] He was also elected as member of the West Pakistan Assembly during the time of President Ayub Khan.[2]

He joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1967, when the party was launched and he was a close friend of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[2][6][7] He was one of the founding leaders of PPP and played an important role in establishing the party in the North-West Frontier Province. He was also the Pakistani Ambassador to Tunisia during his political career.[6] After the assassination of PPP's Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao, Khattak was made Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was defeated in the 1977 election and was never re-elected to the assembly.

In his later years, he joined Tehrik-e-Istiqlal later called Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) of Asghar Khan and served as central vice president of the party.[1]

Death

Nasrullah Khattak died due to cardiac arrest on 2 November 2009 at the age of 86.[6] He was buried in Manki Sharif graveyard and people attended his funeral in large numbers.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nasrullah Khattak made QJP vice-president". DAWN.COM. 7 August 2002. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Former NWFP CM Nasrullah Khattak passes away". The News. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Khattak sworn in as 16th KPK CM". The Nation. 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Nasrullah Khan Khattak". rulers.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Pervez Khattak". 15 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "Former CM passes away". DAWN.COM. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  7. ^ Aziz, Shaikh (28 September 2014). "A leaf from history: Political opportunists". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
1975–1977 		Succeeded by