Abdul Akbar Khan

Abdul Akbar Khan (1 September 1949 - 12 January 2017) was a Pakistani politician from Mardan.[1] He had been elected as deputy speaker of KPK (Then NWFP) assembly once and MPA five times to the provincial assembly KPK in 1988, 1990, 1993, 2002, and 2008 on Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians ticket. He died on 12 January 2017 due to heart failure.

Abdul Akbar Khan
Born1 September 1949
Karachi, Pakistan
Died12 January 2017
Karachi, Pakistan
OccupationPolitician
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party

Personal life

He belonged to a small village Spenkai, Palodheri in Mardan. His father, Sher Akbar Khan, was a local land owner. Abdul Akbar Khan married in 1969 and then married for a second time in 2000, into a very well known family in the Lower Dir district (Asband Village). He has a LLB degree. Abdul akbar khan died after a two month long illness while he was at Shifa International Hospital Islamabad at 3 o'clock in the morning of 12 January 2017. Abdul Akbar Khan's wife will succeed him to continue his political legacy.

Political career

He contested first election in 1970

Khan started his political career in the early 1970s on the PPP platform and quickly rose through its ranks. After the 1988 General Elections, he was appointed as Deputy Speaker KPK Assembly (then N.W.F-P Assembly). He became the Speaker of the KPK Assembly in 1993. He also served as PPPP parliamentary leader[2] in the KPK Assembly from 2002 to 2013. Now his wife has been introduced as his successor.

References
  1. "PPP stalwart Abdul Akbar Khan passes away - The Express Tribune". 13 January 2017.
  2. Lieven, Anatol (2011). Pakistan: A Hard Country. PublicAffairs. pp. 450–. ISBN 9781610390231. Retrieved 20 May 2013.


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