Asghar Khan Achakzai (born 4 February 1977) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from August 2018 to August 2023.

Personal life

Achakzai was born on 4 February 1977 in Chaman located in

Killa Abdullah District Kila Abdullah District or Qilla Abdullah (Urdu and Balochi: , ps, قلعه عبدالله ولسوالی) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Kila Abdullah was separated from Pishin District and made a new dist ...

Balochistan, Pakistan Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...

. As of 2018, his residence was located in Murda Karez neighborhood of Chaman.

Political career

Achakzai was president of Balochistan wing of

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 ...

from 2014 to 2018. He was elected as a member of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from the constituency PB-23 (Killa Abdullah-III) on 25 July 2018. On 20 October 2018, he was made member of a committee which is tasked to discuss the matters related to

Saindak Copper Gold Project '' is located near Saindak town in Chagai District of Balochistan, Pakistan. The discovery of gold, copper & silver deposits at Saindak was made in the 1970s in collaboration with ahe Saindak Copper-Gold Project was set up by Saindak Metals Ltd, a ...

with federal government so that Balochistan's share of revenue generated from that project can be granted to the province exchequer according to the provisions of

18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu language, Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں اٹھارہویں ترمیم) was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on April 8, 2010, removing the power of the President of ...

References

Living people Politicians from Balochistan, Pakistan Awami National Party MPAs (Balochistan) 1977 births {{Balochistan-MPA-stub