Raja Sikandar Zaman Khan (

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: راجہ سکندر زمان ; born 1935 died 16 March 2007) was a Pakistani politician and the former Chief Minister of

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. During a 50-year political career, he served as Minister, Senior Minister, Federal Minister of Pakistan, and opposition leader in the NWFP Assembly for a long time. His first political office was in the 1960s as a member of the Abbottabad District Council.

Early life and education

He was born in

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. His father, Sultan Capt. Raja Haider Zaman Khan was active in politics. He received his early education from Burn Hall School in

Abbottabad Abbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in the country and 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district ...

and

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Career

He started his political career as a Member of the Abbottabad District Council in the 1950s, while his brother Sultan Raja Rukan Zaman,Chief of Ghakhars(late) was a Member Legislative Assembly in West Pakistan. He remained Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Minister for WAPDA, Education, and Revenue respectively. He was also the opposition leader in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and a senior minister in the provincial cabinet. Brief History of Political Career, MPA, 1957 Lahore Assembly Chairman, Union Council Khanpur, 1960; Senior Vice Chairman, Hazara Division, 1965 Provincial Minister for Education, Sports and Tourism, 1973 Provincial Minister for Agriculture- (1977) Federal Minister for Water, Power and Natural Resources (1981–1985), MNA and Opposition Leader (1988), Senior Minister Excise and Revenue (1990–1993)

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