Shah Farman (Urdu: شاہ فرمان, born March 1965) is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He served as the 32nd Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 5 September 2018 to 16 April 2022. Previously, he was a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018, and again from August 2018 to September 2018.
Shah Farman | |
|---|---|
| 33rd Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 5 September 2018 – 16 April 2022 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Chief Minister | Mahmood Khan |
| Preceded by | Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Haji Ghulam Ali |
| Minister for Public Health Engineering and Information of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 21 July 2014 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Governor | Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
| Chief Minister | Pervez Khattak |
| Preceded by | Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 17 August 2018 – 4 September 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Salahuddin Khan |
| Constituency | PK-71 Peshawar-VI |
| In office 31 May 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | PK 10 Peshawar-X |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1965 (age 59) Badaber, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Political party | PTI (1998–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Peshawar |
Early life and education
editFarman was born in March 1965 in Badaber, a village located in the Peshawar District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and he has earned his LLB from the Khyber Law College, University of Peshawar.[1]
Political career
editFarman has been associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since at least 1998.[2]
He had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 2013 to 2018.[3] He also served as the minister for public health engineering and information in Pervez Khattak cabinet.[4][5] He was re-elected to the KPK Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-71 Peshawar-VI in 2018 Pakistani general election.[6] He received 17,309 votes and defeated Sifat Ullah, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).[6]
On 16 August 2018, he was nominated for the post of Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[7] On September 4, 2018, he resigned from his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat after casting his vote in the 2018 Pakistani presidential election.[8] On 5 September 2018, Farman took oath as Governor of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.[9][8][4] On April 16, 2022, his resignation as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor was accepted by President Arif Alvi.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Posts of power: Provincial cabinet offers diverse blend". The Express Tribune. 13 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023.
- ^ "PESHAWAR: PPP, ANP activists join PTI". 6 March 2002.
- ^ "The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ a b "Shah Farman sworn in as new K-P governor". The Express Tribune. 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Shah Farman made minister for information". Dawn. 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b "PK-71 Results — Election 2018 Results - - Candidates List — Constituency Details — Geo.tv". www.geo.tv.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (17 August 2018). "PTI's Shah Farman named KP governor".
- ^ a b "PTI's Shah Farman sworn in as KP Governor". The News. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Shah Farman takes oath as 32nd Governor KP". Dunya News. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "President Alvi accepts Shah Farman's resignation as K-P governor". The Express Tribune. 16 April 2022.
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