Muhammad Ibrahim Khan () was a leading politician of the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...

province of

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. He was referred to informally by the name Jhagra Khan, and was often referred to as "the kingmaker of the frontier".

Life

Coming from the outskirts of Peshawar area known as Khalisa, he joined

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 187611 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pa ...

in the Pakistan movement. Jhagra Khan was a former Congressite and was largely responsible for gaining support for the

Pakistan Muslim League The Pakistan Muslim League (; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the centre-right platform in the country. The ''Muslim League'' (the original successor of the All-India Muslim ...

(PML) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for

Abdul Qayyum Khan Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri () (16 July 1901 – 23 October 1981) was a major figure in British Indian and later Pakistani politics, in particular in the North-West Frontier Province, where he served as the Chief Minister from 23 August 194 ...

, the first

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of the province after independence. He was the General Secretary of the PML until he died. He died on 19 April 2017 in England, his family receiving condolences from many heads of nations including

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References

Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa {{Pakistan-politician-stub