Nawabzada Malik Ahmad Khan , or simply Malik Ahmad Khan is the former
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and member of
Majlis-e-Shoora from 2008 to 2013. He was one of the youngest members of the
Cabinet of Pakistan.
Early years
Malik Amad Awan's grandfather
Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, of
Kalabagh was the
Governor of
West Pakistan from 1960 to 1966. His uncles
Malik Muzaffar Khan
Malik Muzaffar Khan was a Pakistani politician and Nawab of Kalabagh. He was eldest son of Amir Mohammad Khan
Malik Amir Mohammad Khan (; 20 June 1910 – 26 November 1967) was the Nawab of Kalabagh and a prominent feudal lord, politicia ...
and
Malik Allah Yar have been, and his cousin
Sumaira Malik
Sumaira Malik ( ur, ; born 19 December 1963) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to October 2013.
Early life and education
She was born on 19 December 1963.
She has done Master of Ar ...
is still a member of the Pakistani parliament, his mother was from the
royal family
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...
of
Hunza. Having completed his secondary education in
Islamabad, Khan enrolled in
Pakistan Military Academy in
Kakul, graduating from the school in 1992. He was then commissioned in the 26th Cavalry of
Pakistan Army Armoured Corps Regiment. He resigned his commission in 1999.
Political career
In February 2008, he ran as an independent and was elected to the
Majlis-e-Shoora (the Pakistani Parliament) from his home constituency in Mianwali, NA-71, Mainwali-I with 83,098 votes. He later joined the
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...
because of its progressive agenda. After starting his term, Malik Amad Khan has been a member of three parliamentary committees: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Committee, Standing Committee on Information & Broadcasting, and Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs & Northern Areas. He served as the
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from November 8, 2008, to March 25, 2013.
See also
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( ur, , ''Wazarat-e-Kharja'', abbreviated as MoFA) is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked in managing Pakistan's diplomatic and consular relations as well as its foreign policy. The MOFA is also res ...
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Majlis-e-Shoora
References
1973 births
Living people
Pakistan People's Party politicians
People from Mianwali District
Punjabi people
Pakistani landowners
Pakistani royalty
Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
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