Muhammad Azam Khan ( ur, محمد اعظم خان; 1933 – 11 November 2023) was a Pakistani civil servant who served as the caretaker

Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( ur, وزیر اعلیٰ خیبر پختونخوا) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, ...

from 21 January 2023 until his death on 11 November 2023.

Early life

Muhammad Azam Khan was born in a village named Parrang in Charsadda. He had a law degree from the

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a Public university, public research university located in Peshawar, Khy ...

. In addition, Muhammad Azam Khan passed Bar At Law from Lincoln's Inn College London. He joined District Management Group after passing Civil Service Examination, who retired from the top slot of Chief Secretary, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa in 1993. The family background of Muhammad Azam Khan is most familiar in the socio-political circles hailing from the inter-provincial bordering territory of Punjab and

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

. He was the brother of former Inspector General Police (Tenure: 1985-1988), former caretaker Provincial Minister Abbas Khan (Late). Azam Khan was cousin of Chairman Quomi Watan Party Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao. Azam Khan was son-in-law of PML (N)'s former MPA Attock Taj Mohammad Khanzada (Late) who was uncle of PML (N) former Provincial Interior Minister Punjab Col (R) Shujah Khanzada (Late). One of his brother-in-law was former Commissioner Khalid Khan (Late) who was brother of former Inspector General Motorway Police (Tenure: 2011-2012) Zufarullah Khan (Late). Such as Khalid Khan and Zafrullah Khan were cousins of former Inspector General Police KPK (Tenure: 2019-2020) Dr Naeem Khan while former Inspector General Frontier Constabulary (Tenure: 2005-2006) Sikandar Mohammad Zai (Late) was also the cousin of Khalid Khan and Zafrullah Khan. Sikandar's son former senator Adnan Khan (Tenure: 2009-2015) is son in law of PTI’s former Chief Minister KPK Pervez Khattak.

Later career

Khan served as the provincial Minister for Finance from 24 October 2007 to 1 April 2008. He was also the secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources in Islamabad and the Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from September 1990 to July 1993. Muhammad Azam Khan served as the caretaker

from 21 January 2023 until his death on 11 November 2023. He was appointed by

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Haji Ghulam Ali Haji Ghulam Ali () is a Pakistani people, Pakistani politician and a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) who is currently serving as the 34th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in office since 23 November 2022. He has previously served as the Mayor ...

after the dissolution of the

Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...

on 18 January 2023.

Death

After being admitted into an

intensive care unit 220px, Intensive care unit An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensiv ...

due to feeling unwell the night before, he died at the

Rehman Medical Institute Rehman Medical College ( ur, , ps, د رحمان طب پوهنځی)(RMC), a part of Rehman Medical Institute, is a Medical College in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The college is associated with Khyber Medical University and is approved by ...

on 11 November 2023. He was 89.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Muhammad Azam 1933 births 2023 deaths Pakistani civil servants People from Charsadda District, Pakistan Chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa