Shah Farman (, born March 1965) is a

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

politician from

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

. He served as the 32nd

Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as Governor of North-West Frontier Province) is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province, or NWFP), Pakistan. Alth ...

from 5 September 2018 to 16 April 2022. Previously, he was a member of the

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of th ...

from May 2013 to May 2018, and again from August 2018 to September 2018.

Early life and education

Farman was born in March 1965 in

Badaber Badaber (, ), alternatively spelt Badhber is a village in Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located approximately south of the city of Peshawar. Overview Badaber currently hosts an Afghan refugee camp and formerly was ...

, a village located in the

Peshawar District Peshawar District (, , ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located about 160 km west of the Pakistan's capital Islamabad. The district headquarter is the city of ...

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

, and he has earned his

LLB A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

from the Khyber Law College,

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar (; ; ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university is one of the oldest universities in the provi ...

Political career

Farman has been associated with

(PTI) since at least 1998. He had been a member of the

from 2013 to 2018. He also served as the minister for public health engineering and information in

Pervez Khattak Pervez Khan Khattak (; ; born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Minister of Defence (Pakistan) from August 2018 until April 2022. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January ...

cabinet. He was re-elected to the KPK Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-71 Peshawar-VI in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He received 17,309 votes and defeated Sifat Ullah, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N). On 16 August 2018, he was nominated for the post of

. On 4 September 2018, he resigned from his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat after casting his vote in the

2018 Pakistani presidential election Presidential elections were held in Pakistan on 4 September 2018. The elections saw Arif Alvi of PTI being elected as the 13th president of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman of MMA and Aitzaz Ahsan of PPP. Although incumbent presiden ...

. On 5 September 2018, Farman took oath as Governor of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. On 16 April 2022, his resignation as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor was accepted by President

Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi () is a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office from 2018 to 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. ...

References

Living people Pashtun politicians Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa University of Peshawar alumni 1965 births {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-MPA-stub