Muhammad Khan Achakzai | |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1930 |
Birth Place: | Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan, British India |
Office: | 20th Governor of Balochistan |
Predecessor: | Zulfikar Ali Magsi |
Successor: | Abdul Quddus Bizenjo Amanullah Khan Yasinzai |
Termend: | 6 September 2018 |
Termstart: | 11 June 2013 |
Parents: | Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (father) |
Relations: | Mahmood Khan Achakzai (brother) Hamid Khan Achakzai (brother) |
Party: | Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party |
President: | Mamnoon Hussain |
Primeminister: | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Imran Khan |
Muhammad Khan Achakzai (Pushto; Pashto: {{nastaliq pashto|محمد خان اڅکزی—; Urdu: {{Nastaliq|محمد خان اچکزئی, born 1 January 1930) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Balochistan.[1]
He’s the son of Abdul Samad Achakzai and the elder brother of Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Hamid Khan Achakzai, all famed politicians.[1]
He earned his Bachelor’s from University of the Punjab, his Master’s in Economics from the University of Strathclyde and his Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard University.[2]
He was fluent in Urdu, English, Pashto and Persian.
Following his studies he became a Lecturer at the Government College, Quetta and then Associate Professor at the University of Balochistan before serving in the Planning Commission, Islamabad till his retirement.
He was affiliated with the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and hails from the prominent Achakzai political family of Balochistan. Achakzai was appointed as Governor of Balochistan on 11 June 2013.[1] He resigned from governorship on 6 September 2018.[3]