Abdul Matin Khan (1944 – October 30, 2008) was a Pakistani politician and member of the

Awami National Party The Awami National Party (ANP; ur, , ps, اولسي ملي ګوند; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its curr ...

. Khan was born in

Buner Buner District ( ps, بونیر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Before becoming a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District. History The Buner Valley lies bet ...

in 1944 and graduated from

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in 1967. He completed his masters in history at Punjab University in 1969. Khan earned his

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from SM Law College,

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, and his masters in political science from the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (whic ...

in 1971. After completing his education, Khan joined the prosecution branch of police, but resigned after his elder brother joined the civil service in 1975. Abdul Matin Khan joined the

(ANP) in 1989. He applied for the party ticket in 1990 but the ticket of his constituency went to

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as ANP was the part of Combined Opposition. Instead, Khan contested the election as an independent candidate and won the election for National Assembly. In 1993, Khan won the National Assembly seat again. In 1997, Khan was again given the party ticket and he won the election for the third time. He was made Parliamentary Secretary for Social Welfare and Women's Development.

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was imposed in the country in 1999 and no elections were held until 2002. In 2002, he lost to the religo-political alliance MMA, and was returned to the assembly again in 2008.NA-28 (Buner) - The Election Commission of Pakistan
He was tipped as minister of state when he died of a cardiac arrest.

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Awami National Party politicians 1944 births 2008 deaths Pashtun people People from Buner District University of the Punjab alumni University of Karachi alumni {{Pakistan-politician-stub