Nasrullah Khan Khattak
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
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
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".