Nasrullah Khan Khattak

Nasrullah Khan Khattak
6th Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province
In office
3 May 1975 – 9 Apr 1977
GovernorSyed Ghawas
Naseerullah Babar
Preceded bySardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur
Succeeded byMohammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon
Personal details
Born1923[citation needed]
Died2 November 2009
Nowshera
Political partyPakistan People's Party
Nasrullah Khan Khattak in Peshawar (1973)

Nasrullah Khan Khattak (born 1923[citation needed] - 2 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician, who was the 6th elected Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province and served from 3 May 1975 to 19 April 1977.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

He was born in 1923 in the village of Manki Sharif to Mir Aslam Khan Khattak.[citation needed] He belonged to the Khattak tribe and he was the cousin of Pervez Khattak.[5]

Political career

Nasrullah Khattak started his political career when he was elected as chairman of the Manki Sharif Union Council in 1962.[6] He was also elected as member of the West Pakistan Assembly during the time of President Ayub Khan.[2]

He joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1967, when the party was launched and he was a close friend of Zulifar Ali Bhutto.[2][6][7] He was one of the founding leaders of PPP and played an important role in establishing the party in the North-West Frontier Province. He was also the Pakistani Ambassador to Tunisia during his political career.[6] After the assassination of PPP's Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao, Khattak was made Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was defeated in the 1977 election and was never re-elected to the assembly.

In his later years, he joined Tehrik-e-Istiqlal later called Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) of Asghar Khan and served as Central Vice President of the party.[1]

Death

Nasrullah Khattak died due to cardiac arrest on 2 November 2009 at the age of 86.[8] He was buried in Manki Sharif graveyard and people attended his funeral in large numbers.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nasrullah Khattak made QJP vice-president". DAWN.COM. 2002-08-07. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  2. ^ a b c "Former NWFP CM Nasrullah Khattak passes away". The News. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  3. ^ "Khattak sworn in as 16th KPK CM". The Nation. 2013-06-01. Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  4. ^ "Nasrullah Khan Khattak". rulers.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24.
  5. ^ "Pervez Khattak". 15 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Former CM passes away". DAWN.COM. 2009-11-03. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  7. ^ Aziz, Shaikh (2014-09-28). "A leaf from history: Political opportunists". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  8. ^ "Former CM passes away". 3 November 2009.
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
1975 – 1977 		Succeeded by