Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb (11 January 1960 – 30 May 2022) was a Pakistani engineer, and a member of Parliament MNA.

Family

He was head of the former princely family which once ruled Swat princely state. He was the eldest son of

Miangul Aurangzeb Miangul Aurangzeb (Urdu/Pashto: میاں گل اورنگزیب‎ 28 May 1928 – 3 August 2014) was the last Wali Ahad (Crown Prince) of the former Swat State, the son of the last Wali of Swat, Miangul Jahan Zeb and the son -in-law of the ...

and the eldest grandson of

Miangul Jahan Zeb Miangul Jahan Zeb HPk, HQA, CIE ( ur, ) (5 June 1908 - 14 September 1987), also known as Miangul Abdul-Haq Jahan Zeb, was the Wāli of Swat from 1949 to 1969, a princely state that is now part of Pakistan. He succeeded his father, Wadud of S ...

(the last ruler). After the death of his father in 2014, he had become the unofficial

Wāli of Swat The Wāli of Swat ( ur, ) was the official title of the leader (wāli) of the erstwhile princely state of Swat and also the nomenclature of the Miangul dynasty that ruled there from 1926 to 1969. History The earlier titles of the rulers of Sw ...

. His maternal grandfather was the former President of Pakistan

Ayub Khan Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...

Education

He studied at the primary level within the Sangota Public School system in

Sangota Sangota is a village in Swat District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is located at 34°47'0N 72°25'0E with an altitude of 1120 metres (3677 feet). Catholic Public High School Catholic Public High School, commonly known as Sangota Public School, is ...

Swat In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

. He graduated on the secondary level from

Aitchison College Aitchison College ( ur, ایچیسن کالج) is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13 in Lahore, Pakistan. It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-curri ...

, an elite Pakistani secondary school. He was a professional

electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

who studied in the

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Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

Politics

He served in the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from 1997 to 1999.

Engineering business

Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb was a consulting energy engineer for project management and government relations. Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb was a volunteer spokesperson for Project Miracles an initiative to recover and recycle plastic waste from the Indus Valley.

Death

Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb died in a highway crash on 30 May 2022. He had attended a conference on archaeology at

Hazara University The Hazara University (HU) is a public university located in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Recognized university Hazara University is recognized as a higher education institution by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Overvi ...

Mansehra Mansehra is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Mansehra District. It is the 71st largest city of Pakistan and 7th largest city in the province. The name of the city (written in Hindko, Urdu and Goj ...

and was driving home.The News:May 31st, 2022:Ex Member of the National Assembly Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb dies in accident

Bibliography

* Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb

''The Express Tribune'', 4 August 2014.

References

External links

*[https://archive.today/20130131164455/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/middleeastreports/s_620295">"Flashback, The Wali of Swat"
''The Express Tribune'', 4 August 2014.

References

External links

Visit to Sikh refugees from Buner and Swat
1961 births 2022 deaths Pakistani MNAs 1997–1999 Northeastern University alumni People from Swat District Aitchison College alumni Swat royal family Nawabs of Pakistan {{Asia-royal-stub