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Bahram Khan Family
Abdul Bahram Khan () was the founder of a major Political families of Pakistan, political family, based in North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955), North-West Frontier Province NWFP/Presently Khyber Pakhtunkhwah Pakistan. Abdul Bahram Khan's sons Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (usually referred to as "''Dr. Khan Sahib''") and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) were political leaders in Pakistan. Abdul Bahram Khan was a land owner, farmer, and the chief of Pashtun people, Pashtun tribe Muhammadzai (Hashtnagar), Muhammadzai in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955), North-West Frontier Province, British India. He was a great warrior of his time. He fought for the rights of Pashtun people, Pashtun nation throughout his life. Retrieved 27 June 2017
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Political Families Of Pakistan
This is a partial listing of prominent political families of Pakistan given in alphabetical order. Abbasi (surname) * Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, Nawab of Bahawalpur * Bahawal Khan V, Nawab of Bahawalpur * Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV, Nawab of Bahawalpur * Abbas Abbasi, Late Amir of Bahawalpur * Sahibzada Usman Abbasi, Former MPA Deputy Speaker Provincial assembly of Punjab * Sahibzada Gazain Abbasi, MPA Member Provincial Assembly of Punjab * Sadaqat Ali Abbasi, Former MNA Member National Assembly of Punjab * Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Arain * Mian Muhammad Azhar (Governor of Punjab, 1990-1993, Mayor of Lahore 1987-1991 * Hammad Azhar (Previous Finance Minister of Pakistan) ; Mian Family of Baghbanpura * Justice Mian Shah Din, (1868–1918), Elected President of the All-India Muslim League(March 1908), Member of the Simla Deputation in 1906, First Muslim Judge in British India, Poet and Writer. * Sir Mian Mohammad Shafi, KCSI, CIE (1869–1932), one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ghani Khan
Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (; – 15 March 1996) was a Pashtun Pashto language philosopher, poet, artist, writer and politician. He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent British Raj-era independence activist. Throughout his life as a poet in both British India and Pakistan, Khan was known by the titles ''Lewanay Pālsapay'' () and ''Da īlam Samander'' (). Life Khan was born in Hashtnagar, in the Frontier Tribal Areas of British India—roughly located in the modern-day village of Utmanzai in Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent Indian independence activist, and was the elder brother of Abdul Wali Khan. Khan's wife, Roshan, was from a Parsi family and was the daughter of Nawab Rustam Jang, a prince of Hyderabad. He went to study at the art academy at Rabindranath Tagore's University in Shantiniketan, where he developed a liking for painting and sculpture. He visited England and studied sugar technology in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Of Bahram Khan
Abdul Bahram Khan () was the founder of a major political family, based in North-West Frontier Province NWFP/Presently Khyber Pakhtunkhwah Pakistan. Abdul Bahram Khan's sons Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (usually referred to as "''Dr. Khan Sahib''") and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) were political leaders in Pakistan. Abdul Bahram Khan was a land owner, farmer, and the chief of Pashtun tribe Muhammadzai in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, British India. He was a great warrior of his time. He fought for the rights of Pashtun nation throughout his life. Retrieved 27 June 2017 Family tree The members of Bahram Khan family who have been active in politics are: * Abdul Bahram Khan (1850–1922), the founder of the family * |
Aimal Wali Khan
Aimal Wali Khan (; born 18 November 1986) is a Pakistani politician and president of Awami National Party, serving as a member of the Senate of Pakistan since April 2024. He is the son of the former president of Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan; the grandson of the founder of the party, Abdul Wali Khan; and the great-grandson of the Indian independence activist and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement, Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Education Khan completed his early education at Fazl-e-Haq College Mardan and his A-levels at Atchison College Lahore. He also earned a Master of Business Administration. Political career Khan started his political career in 2007 as a worker for the Pakhtun Students’ Federation (PSF). He remained associated with the student wing till 2011. Awami National Party holds their intraparty elections every four years. Khan was elected as Joint Secretary in 2011, Afrasiab Khattak was leading the provincial cabinet at that moment. In 2014, Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeen Wali Khan
Sangeen Wali Khan () (June 7, 1959 – June 28, 2008) was a politician in Pakistan. He was son of Abdul Wali Khan and Nasim Wali Khan, and the half brother of Asfandyar Wali Khan, leader of Awami National Party. Sangeen Wali Khan was contender for Senate seat from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with a ticket from Awami National Party, in May 2008. Khan contested his last election and was defeated by Saeed Muhammad Khan son of Lala Nisar Muhammad Khan. Khan died on 25 June 2008 at the age of 49. He was suffering from liver cancer and died at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore. He left behind a widow, son (Lawangeen Wali Khan) and two daughters. See also * Khan Abdul Bahram Khan * Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan * Abdul Ghaffar Khan * Abdul Ghani Khan * Abdul Wali Khan * Nasim Wali Khan * Asfandyar Wali Khan * Bahram Khan Family * Awami National Party * Aimal Wali Khan * Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asfandyar Wali Khan
Asfandyar Wali Khan (; ; born 19 February 1949) is a Pakistani politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, currently serving as the president of the Awami National Party (ANP). He is the son of Abdul Wali Khan, the party's founding president. Wali Khan is the current president of the Awami National Party. He has served as Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, and a senator in the Senate of Pakistan. He is credited with achieving provincial autonomy in Pakistan and renaming the North-West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the support of coalition partner PPP during the 18th Amendment in 2010. Family background Asfandyar Wali Khan was born in Charsadda, a small village near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He is the eldest son of Abdul Wali Khan and his first wife, Taj Bibi. His father married Taj Bibi's death in February 1949 Nasim Wali Khan in 1954. Sangeen Wali Khan, is the eldest son of this marriage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasim Wali Khan
Begum Nasim Wali Khan Moor BiBi ( 1932 16 May 2021) was a female politician in Pakistan. Nasim Wali Khan was a leader of Awami National Party–Wali. Nasim Wali Khan was the former provincial president and parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party in Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. She was born in 1933. She was one of the main leaders of the Pakistan National Alliance and made history in 1977 as the first woman elected from a Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province general seat in the 1977 election.Encyclopaedia of Women in South Asia: Pakistan (2004) Volume 2 of Encyclopaedia of Women in South Asia, Sangh Mittra, , Nasim Wali Khan married Abdul Wali Khan in 1954. She was the mother of Sangeen Wali Khan (late), and Dr Gulalai Wali Khan as well as step-mother of Asfandyar Wali Khan. Nasim Wali Khan died on 16 May 2021 in Charsadda, Pakistan. Further reading * See also * Khan Abdul Bahram Khan * Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan * Abdul Ghaffar Khan * Abdul Ghani Khan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Ali Khan
Khan Abdul Ali Khan (; 20 August 1922 – 19 February 1997) was a Pakistani educationist, former Principal of Islamia College Peshawar, The FazleHaq College Mardan, Aitchison College, former Vice Chancellor of Peshawar University, Gomal University and former Education Secretary of NWFP.Yousafzai, R (1997)Educationist and much else. THE NEWS. Jang group Biography Born into a political family, Abdul Ali Khan was the youngest son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan). He remained apolitical in his whole life. He was educated in Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and completed his bachelor's degree from Peshawar University, before travelling to England to complete his postgraduate studies from the University of Oxford. He returned to Peshawar where he worked as a lecturer in history in Islamia College Peshawar. He subsequently served as Principal of Government college of Mianwali and Sargodha and was the principal of the elite Aitchison College Lahore from 1962 to 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Wali Khan
Khan Abdul Wali Khan (; ; 11 January 1917 – 26 January 2006) was a Pashtun Pakistani democratic socialist politician who served as president of Awami National Party. Son of the prominent Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Wali Khan was an activist and a writer against the British Raj like his father. His early years were marked by his involvement in his father's non-violent resistance movement, the "red shirts" against the British Raj. He narrowly escaped an assassination in his early years and was later sent to school at Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehra Dun.Schofield, Victoria (22 August 2003), ''Afghan Frontier Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia''. Tauris Parke Paperbacks; General edition. In his late teens, he became active in the Indian National Congress. After the formation of Pakistan in 1947, Wali Khan became a controversial figure in Pakistani politics during his political career because of his association to the Congress which opposed the cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another, they existed between 1612 and 1947, conventionally divided into three historical periods: *Between 1612 and 1757, the East India Company set up "factories" (trading posts) in several locations, mostly in coastal India, with the consent of the Mughal emperors, Maratha Empire or local rulers. Its rivals were the merchant trading companies of Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century three ''Presidency towns'': Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. *During the period of Company rule in India, 1757–1858, the Company gradually acquired sovereignty over large parts of India, now called "Presidencies". However, it also increasingly came under British government oversight, in effect sharing sovereig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010. It was established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province (British India), British Punjab, during the British Raj. Following the 1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum, referendum in 1947 to join either Pakistan or India, the province voted hugely in favour of joining Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan and it acceded accordingly on 14 August 1947. It was dissolved to form a unified province of West Pakistan in 1955 upon promulgation of One Unit Scheme and was reestablished in Legal Framework Order, 1970, 1970. It was known by this name until 19 April 2010, when it was dissolved and redesignated as the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, Eighteenth Amendmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charsadda
Chārsadda (; ; ; ) is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Charsada – Government of Pakistan It is the eighty fifth-largest city of Pakistan, according to 2017 census. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Charsadda lies about from the provincial capital of at an altitude of . The total area of Charsadda District measures about 996 square Km. The district is geographically organized into two primary parts: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
