Abdul Akbar Khan

Abdul Akbar Khan (born September 1, 1949) is a senior politician from Mardan. He has been elected MPA five times to the provincial assembly KPK in 1988, 1990, 1993, 2002, and 2008 on Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians ticket.

Personal life

He belongs to a small village Spenkai, Palodheri in Mardan. His father, Sher Akbar Khan, was a local land owner. Abdul Akbar Khan got married in 1969 and then he married a second time in 2000, into a very well known family in Dir district. He has two children, a daughter named Malaika Akbar and a son named Abdal Akbar. He has a LLB degree. He is introducing his daughter Malaika Akbar to politics.

Political career

Khan started his political career in the early 1980s from the PPP platform and quickly rose its ranks. After the 1988 General Elections, he was appointed Deputy Speaker KPK Assembly (then N.W.F-P Assembly). He became the Speaker KPK Assembly in 1993. He also served as PPPP parliamentary leader[1] in the KPK Assembly from 2002 to 2013. Now he is introducing his daughter into politics

References

  1. ↑ Lieven, Anatol (2011). Pakistan: A Hard Country. PublicAffairs. pp. 450–. ISBN 9781610390231. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

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