Sardar Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan (; 26 March 1940 – 20 March 2023) was a Pakistani politician. He was the

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of the

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from 24 July 2001 through 24 July 2006,"Former Speakers Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir"
. Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu & Kashmir website. Retrieved 21 July 2018 and visited different countries lobbying for the Kashmir issue.

Early life

Khan was born on 26 March 1940 in Pachiot near

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. His father, Sardar Muhammad Ayub Khan, was a civil servant in Revenue Department of Azad Kashmir who topped the departmental exam and his grandfather Sardar Kala Khan was awarded a special honorarium of respect by Maharaja of Kashmir. His father died when he was a toddler and his education pursuits were supervised by his eldest sister Begum Naqqi Nazir Sharif with the help of Justice S. M. Sharif Khan. He completed his law degree from the

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Political career

Khan joined the All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference in 1964 when he was still a student. He was elected to be a member of the

as a technocrat from 1985 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1996."Former Members Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir"
. Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Retrieved 21 July 2018. In the elections of 2001, he was elected as a representative of Sudhanoti and Poonch

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, and became Speaker of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly until 2006. He represented Azad Kashmir in the

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held in June 2005 in

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. He served two more terms as a representative of Sudhanoti and Poonch from 2006 to 2016. He held the portfolio of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs from 2010 to 2018.he was elected as a member of kashmir Council in janvery2022 he died on 20 march 2023۔ His Son M۔Adnan Khalid elected as a Member of Kashmir Council in april 2023

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Muhammad Sayab Khalid 1940 births 2023 deaths University of Peshawar alumni People from Poonch District, Pakistan