Khalid Ibrahim Khan Explained

Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan
Assembly:AJK Assembly
Birth Date:1947 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir
Death Place:[Islamabad], Pakistan
Nationality:Pakistani, Kashmiri
Party:Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party
Relations:Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (Founder president of Azad Kashmir) (Father)
Masood Khan (President of Azad Kashmir in 2021) (Cousin)
Residence:Islamabad, Pakistan
Profession:Politician
Native Name:سردار خالد ابراہیم خان
Native Name Lang:ur

Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan (5 November 1948  - 4 November 2018) was a Kashmiri politician. He was a member of AJK legislative assembly and the President of Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party.[1]

He was the son of the founder and first president of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan.[2]

Early life and career

Khalid Ibrahim Khan was born on 5 November 1948 in Kot Mattay Khan near Rawalakot. His family belongs to the Sudhan tribe. Khalid started his political career affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party in the late 1970s. He was known to be a straightforwardand candid person and did not shy away from having differences with the top leadership of his political party, including with Benazir Bhutto. At times, he paid a political price for it by being ignored by the party's top leadership. As a result, he and his supporters formed their own party by the name of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party to contest elections.

Death

Khan died on 4 November 2018, aged 69 from a brain hemorrhage. Among the survivors were his wife, two sons and two daughters.[3] [4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Political Handbook of the World 2015.
  2. Book: Schofield, Victoria. Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War. 30 May 2010. I.B.Tauris . 9780857730787.
  3. News: JKPP chief Sardar Khalid Ibrahim passes away . Associated Press of Pakistan. 5 November 2018 . The Express Tribune (newspaper). 26 January 2021.
  4. News: Kashmiri leader Sardar Ibrahim (Sardar Khalid Ibrahim) passes away. Tariq Naqash. 5 November 2018. Dawn (newspaper). 26 January 2021.
  5. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/389710-sardar-khalid-ibrahim-passes-away Sardar Khalid Ibrahim passes away