Shaukatullah Khan is a

Pakistani politician The Politics of Pakistan () takes place within the framework established by the constitution. The country is a federal parliamentary republic in which provincial governments enjoy a high degree of autonomy and residuary powers. Executive ...

from

Bajaur Agency Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged ...

who served as

Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a c ...

from February 2013 to April 2014. He was appointed by the

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari ( ur, ; sd, ; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th president of Pakist ...

, on the advice of the Prime Minister Raja Pervaz Ashraf on 11 February 2013. He replaced Barrister Masood Kausar. Before being appointed as governor, he was holding the portfolio of Federal Minister for States and Frontier Region. Engineer Shaukatullah Khan was also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-43 (Nawagai,

). The 43-year-old tribesman emerged successful by securing 7,428 votes from NA-43 where his father Bismillah Khan had won twice in 1988 and 1993 elections. Bismillah Khan also served as parliamentary secretary for religious affairs in the National Assembly. His brother, Hidayatullah, is a senator. Shaukatullah Khan is an alumnus of Cadet College Kohat ( CCK), and completed his studies there in 1986. Later pursuing an engineering degree, Shaukatullah took part in student politics in the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, in 1988 and later stayed side-by-side with his father. Also the member of Tribal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and All Pakistan Marbles Industry Association, he had contested his first election from the same constituency in 2002 and finished as runner-up by securing 6,900 votes. His opponent Maulana Sadiq was elected to the National Assembly by grabbing around 13,000 votes. He resigned as

after Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi was appointed as

on April 14, 2014. Engineer Shaukat new KPK governor
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Shaukatullah Living people Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistani engineers Pakistan People's Party politicians Pashtun people People from Bajaur District 1969 births

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