Abdul Ghafoor Hoti Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Nawabzada
Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti
Father:Nawab Akbar Khan Hoti
Children:Muhammad Akbar Khan Hoti
Order:15th Governor of North-West Frontier Province
Term Start:December 30, 1985
Term End:April 13, 1986
President:Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Predecessor:Fazle Haq
Successor:Syed Usman Ali Shah

Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998) was a former governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (known as NWFP at the time) province of Pakistan. Belonging to Mardan, he was the son of Nawab Akbar Khan Hoti and father of Inspector General of KPK Police Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar Khan Hoti.[1] [2]

He was one of the rare politicians who had said that he would resign from his office, if his son was proven guilty by a court in the United States. He later resigned as promised.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Another scion of Mardan's affluent Hoti family arrested. thenews.com.pk. 17 April 2014. 28 May 2020.
  2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Pakistan_states.html Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti listed as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1985 - 1986
  3. https://www.dawn.com/news/1346687 What a democracy!