Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak ( ps, محمد اسلم خان خټک) ( ur, محمد اسلم خان خٹک) (April 5, 1908 – October 10, 2008) was a Pakistani

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and diplomatAslam Khattak passes away at 100
DAWN . Retrieved 10-11-08 who was the Governor of North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from 1973 to 1974.

Early life and education

Khattak studied history at Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1929 to 1932.

Career

Born into

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Khattak The Khattak ( ps, خټک) tribe are a prominent Pashtun tribe located in the Khattak territory, which consists of Karak, Nowshera, Kohat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. History Khushal Khan Khattak A warrior poet by the name of ...

family, Aslam Khattak was the President of Pakistan Movement in U.K., serving alongside Dr. Abdur Rahim as Vice President and Chaudhry Rehmat Ali as Secretary. This Organisation gave the world the name "PAKISTAN". Aslam Khattak served closely with

Dr Khan Sahib Dr. Khan Sahib ( ps, ډاکټر خان صیب ) (born 1883, Utmanzai, Charsadda – 9 May 1958, Lahore), mistakenly named as Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (), was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician. He was the eld ...

in the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

's provincial government during his career as a civil servant, and after the

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in 1947 he was posted to

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where he played a key role in the failed negotiations for a confederation between Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the 1970 elections, he was elected as an independent to the KPK Provincial Assembly from Karak. He then became speaker of the

Assembly in 1972. He also served as Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa briefly after the ouster of the NAP-JUI governor as well twice posted as ambassador. He was promoted as Minister of Pakistan to

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in 1956 and appointed as Ambassador to Australia in December 1959. As a diplomat, he served as ambassador to

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(1974–1977),

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and

. Nominated to Zia ul Haqas Majlis-e-Shura, he became a trusted political confidante of the Martial Law ruler. He was elected MNA from his constituency and served as deputy Prime Minister to Prime Minister Junejo. After the restoration of Democracy in 1988, he joined the Pakistan Muslim League, but was defeated in the 1988 elections. Re-elected again in 1990, he again served as Federal Minister in Nawaz Sharif’s first government. Defeated in the 1993 elections, he left the PML shortly before the 1997 election over a difference in party tickets for his grandson and son-in-law. He died peacefully after his daily walk on 10 October 2008.Aslam Khattak passes away
The Post. Retrieved 10-10-08

Bibliography

Aslam Khattak spoke, read and wrote Pashtu, Urdu, Punjabi, Persian, Arabic, French and English. He says he did a journalism course from Brussels, and introduced freestyle essays in Pashtu literature in his booklet "Gul Masti". He also says he wrote a pashtu play, "Da Veno Jam". This was highly commended in the literary supplement of `The Times' (London), when it was later translated into English. *'A Pathan Odyssey' by Muhammad Aslam Khattak

References

External links

khyber.org
A man for all seasons

A story of a Khattak
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak's obituary
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Early life and education

Career

See also

Bibliography

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