Nasrullah Khan Khattak (born 1923 - 2 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician, who was the 6th elected Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and served from 3 May 1975 to 19 April 1977.

Early life and education

He was born in 1923 in the village of

Manki Sharif Manki (Urdu: مانکی is a town and Union Council of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located to the south of Swabi City in Swabi. Overview Manki is also the home of one of the most powerful families in Pakistan. Th ...

to Mir Aslam Khan Khattak. He belonged to the

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 ...

tribe and he was the cousin of

Pervez Khattak Pervez Khan Khattak ( ur, ; ps, پروېز خان خټک; born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician and a member of PTI who served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan from 20 August 2018 until the dissolution of National Assembly on 3 ...

Political career

Nasrullah Khattak started his political career when he was elected as chairman of the Manki Sharif Union Council in 1962. He was also elected as member of the

West Pakistan West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was ...

Assembly during the time of

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. He joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1967, when the party was launched and he was a close friend of Zulifar Ali Bhutto. He was one of the founding leaders of PPP and played an important role in establishing the party in the

North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ps, شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت, ) was a Chief Commissioner's Province of British India, established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. Followi ...

. He was also the Pakistani Ambassador to

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during his political career. After the assassination of PPP's Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao, Khattak was made Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province now known as

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 defeated in the 1977 election and was never re-elected to the assembly. In his later years, he joined

Tehrik-e-Istiqlal Tehreek-e-Istiqlal () was a political party in Pakistan. It was once the second most popular political party in Pakistan. It was formed by Air Marshal Retd. Asghar Khan in 1970. In 1990 Pakistani general election it entered into an alliance with P ...

later called Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) of

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and served as Central Vice President of the party.

Death

Nasrullah Khattak died due to cardiac arrest on 2 November 2009 at the age of 86. He was buried in Manki Sharif graveyard and people attended his funeral in large numbers.

References

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Early life and education

Political career

Death

See also

References