Baba-e-Afghan Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhail (Pashto: عبدالرحيم خان مندوخېل) (12 January 1937 – 20 May 2017) was a Pashtun Afghan nationalist and politician who had been a member of the

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, the

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, and the

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Early life and education

Baba-e-Afghan Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhail was born on 12 January 1937 in the village of Omzha Murssainzai (attached to Shin Ghar) of

Fort Sandeman Zhob (; ), formerly known as Fort Sandeman is a city and district headquarters of the Zhob District in the Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob is located on the banks of the Zhob River, Zhob river. It lies 337 kilometres ...

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(present-day

Zhob Zhob (; ), formerly known as Fort Sandeman is a city and district headquarters of the Zhob District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob is located on the banks of the Zhob river. It lies 337 kilometres away from Quetta, the capital ...

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). According to some reports, he was born on 15 June 1932. He obtained degrees in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law.

Political career

He served as a member of the

from 1991 to 1997. He was elected to the

in the

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan on general seat as

Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (; ), abbreviated as PMAP or PKMAP, is a political party in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It was founded by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who was elected as the chairman, and Sher Ali Bacha, who served as the General ...

candidate in 2006, where he served until 2012. He was elected as the member of the National Assembly on a ticket of

from NA-260 (Quetta) in the

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. He served as senior deputy chairman of

from 1989 until his death on 20 May 2017 in Quetta.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandokhel, Abdul Rahim Khan 1932 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Quetta Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018