Salim Saifullah Khan (

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: سلیم سیف اللہ خان) is a Pakistani politician and President of a faction of the

Pakistan Muslim League The Pakistan Muslim League ( ur, ; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the right-wing platform in the country. The Muslim League (a different party) was the party of Pakistan’ ...

and a Senator of Pakistan and Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Foreign Relations, Kashmir Affairs and

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Committee.Call for PML (Pakistan Muslim League)
Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 April 2005, Retrieved 13 November 2020

Early life

Salim Saifullah Khan was born into an affluent family of

Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat or Lakki (Urdu and ps, ) is the headquarters of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Lakki Marwat has become one of the fastest growing cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lakki Marwat is also the 20th mos ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

, Pakistan. He is a Khan, or Lord of the

Marwat The Marwat ( ps, مروت) is a Pashtun tribe, a branch of the Lohani tribe and belong to Lodi section, located primarily in Lakki Marwat District, parts of Dera Ismail Khan District, some villages of Tank district in Pakistan and in the Katawaz ...

tribe. He has, in the past, remained Finance Minister, Industries,

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

. He was also deputy opposition leader in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Provincial assembly in 1993. Salim Saifullah Khan has held portfolios of Housing, Commerce, Petroleum and Inter-Provincial Coordination as a Federal Minister. He has most recently served as the Chairman of Senate's Foreign Relation Committee. Presently Salim Saifullah Khan is Honorary Consul General of Turkey, at

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

.Salim Saifullah Khan withdraws from election race
The Nation (newspaper), Published 11 June 2018, Retrieved 13 November 2020 He was elected President, Pakistan Tennis Federation on 12 December 2014. Khan is a graduate of

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, USA. He is a Khan, or Chief of the

Pashtun tribe The Pashtun tribes ( ps, پښتانه قبايل), historically also known as Afghan tribes, are the tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who use the Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali code of conduct. They ar ...

. He is the younger brother of

Anwar Saifullah Khan Anwar Saifullah Khan ( ur, ; born 7 June 1945) is a Pakistani politician and industrialist. As a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo), he served in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet as Federal Minister of Environment and Urban ...

, former Federal Minister Petroleum, and Humayun Saifullah Khan

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Former Member National Assembly, His mother

Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan (7 December 1924 – 26 January 2015) was a Pakistani businesswoman, politician, industrialist and a social worker from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. She was chairperson of the Saif Group of companies f ...

Hilal-e-Imtiaz The ''Hilaal-e-Imtiaz'' (; ), also spelled and transliterated as Hilāl-e-Imtiyāz, is the second-highest (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the ...

Pakistan was also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and a former Federal Minister.

Representations abroad

*2004: Member Pakistan delegation to

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. *2004 Head of Pakistan Delegation to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

. *October, 2003 Head of

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Delegation,

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. *June, 2003 Head of Pakistan Delegation,

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conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. *Member of Parliamentary Delegation to Australia *1991. Leader of Pakistan Delegation to I.L.O. Geneva *1986 - Headed an official Pakistani delegation to Japan. *1978- Member of Official Delegation to Japan and Hong Kong, *1975- Member of Textile Delegation to China and Far East. *1974- Pakistan Delegation of ILO. Conference, Geneva.

Professional achievements

*August 2003 to date, Member of the Board of Governors of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIK), (Center of excellence for Science*& Technology). *1994 - Co-Chairman, Lucky Cement Ltd. *1993- President, Pakistan

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Association. *1964-1968- Captain Tennis Team

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University USA *1973- Member Advisory Council Economic Affairs, Government of Pakistan. *1973-76- Chairman All Pakistan Flour Mills Association, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Zone Peshawar. *1978- Member Executive Committee, All Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association. *1978- Chairman APTMA,

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) is an association for Textile industry in Pakistan. APTMA represents over 400 textile mills in Pakistan. The textile industry is Pakistan's largest industry and textile is the most important e ...

. Member Price Commission, Government of Pakistan. Vice Chairman, All Pakistan Mills Association, Karachi. *1974-76- Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Zone Peshawar. *Life member – Lahore Press Club.

References

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Inter-Provincial Co-ordination Division, Government of Pakistan
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