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
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 had been 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 the seat 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 of State for States and Frontier Regions.[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.
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