Nasrullah Khan Khattak Explained

Nasrullah Khan Khattak
Birth Date:1923
Death Date:2 November 2009
Death Place:Nowshera
Office:6th Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province
Term Start:3 May 1975
Term End:9 April 1977
Predecessor:Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur
Successor:Mohammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon
Party:Pakistan Peoples Party
Governor:Syed Ghawas
Naseerullah Babar

Nasrullah Khan Khattak (born 1923 – 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 Hastam Khan Khattak. He belonged to the Khattak tribe. He studied at Aitchison College Lahore. 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.

He joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1967, when the party was launched and he was a close friend of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[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. 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.

Death

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Nasrullah Khattak made QJP vice-president. 7 August 2002. DAWN.COM. 23 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623225645/https://www.dawn.com/news/51536. 23 June 2018. en-US.
  2. News: Former NWFP CM Nasrullah Khattak passes away. The News. 23 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623223831/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/204650-former-nwfp-cm-nasrullah-khattak-passes-away. 23 June 2018. en.
  3. News: Khattak sworn in as 16th KPK CM. 1 June 2013. The Nation. 23 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171026001906/http://nation.com.pk/01-Jun-2013/khattak-sworn-in-as-16th-kpk-cm. 26 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Nasrullah Khan Khattak. rulers.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624125859/http://rulers.org/pakprov.html. 24 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Pervez Khattak. 15 August 2018.
  6. News: Former CM passes away. 3 November 2009. DAWN.COM. 23 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624130157/https://www.dawn.com/news/947153. 24 June 2018. en-US.
  7. News: A leaf from history: Political opportunists. Aziz. Shaikh. 28 September 2014. DAWN.COM. 23 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150104235901/http://www.dawn.com/news/1134080. 4 January 2015. en-US.