Asfandyar Wali Khan
Pakistani politician (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asfandyar Wali Khan (Pashto: اسفندیار ولي خان; Urdu: اسفندیار ولی خان; born 19 February 1949) is a Pakistani politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who is the president of the Awami National Party (ANP). His father, Abdul Wali Khan, was the party's first president. He is the grandson of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Bacha Khan; Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of the non-violent political movement in NWFP, Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of the God") during British colonial rule in India and a companion of Mahatma Gandhi. Asfandyar's Granduncle Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan was the Indian National Congress's Chief Minister of the North West Frontier Province, during the waning days of the British Raj, and also the Chief Minister of the province during the early days of independent Pakistan. Asfandyar is the present president of the Awami National Party and has served as Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and senator in the Senate of Pakistan. Asfandyar Wali Khan got credit of provincial autonomy in Pakistan and the renaming of North West Frontier Province as Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa with support of coalition partner PPP during 18th amendment 2010.
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Asfandiyar Wali Khan اسفندیار ولی خان اسفندیار ولي خان | |
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President of Awami National Party | |
In office 2003–2024 | |
Preceded by | Ehsan Wyne |
Succeeded by | Aimal Wali Khan |
In office 1999–2002 | |
Preceded by | Ajmal Khattak |
Succeeded by | Ehsan Wyne |
Personal details | |
Born | (1949-02-19) 19 February 1949 (age 75) Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
Political party | Awami National Party |
Children | Aimal Wali Khan (son) |
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Relatives | Khan Abdul Bahram Khan (great-Grand father) Abdul Ghaffar Khan (grandfather) Abdul Ghani Khan (uncle) Abdul Ali Khan (uncle) Sangeen Wali Khan (half-brother) |
Residence(s) | Walibagh, Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Profession | Politician |
Parliament Pakistan | |