Omar Ayub Khan ( ur, ; born 26 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Economic Affairs. He served as Federal Minister for Energy from 11 September 2018 to 16 April 2021. He has been a member of 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 ...

since August 2018. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007.

Early life and education

He was born on 28 January 1970 to Gohar Ayub Khan in District Haripur. He received his degrees from the George Washington University in 1993 and 1996, respectively.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 81,496 votes and defeated

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. Khan was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed as the Minister of State for Finance where he served from 2004 to 2007. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) as a candidate of PML (Q) in

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 50,631 votes and lost the seat to

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. He joined

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(PML-N) in 2012. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) as a candidate of PML (N) in

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, but was unsuccessful. He received 116,308 votes and lost the seat to

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. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) as a candidate of PML (N) in the by-election held in 2014 and also served as Chairman Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs. In 2015, he was unseated as he became ineligible to continue in office as constituency election was invalidated by voting irregularities due to rigging. In February 2018, he joined

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(PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency

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as a candidate of PTI in

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. He received 172,609 votes and defeated

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. On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan and was appointed as Federal Minister for Power. On 24 April 2019 after the PM reshuffled the cabinet team, he was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Petroleum, which was previously held by Ghulam Sarwar Khan. In mid April 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan reshuffled the Cabinet again transferring Omar Ayub Khan from Minister of Energy to Minister of Economic Affairs.https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-cabinet-reshuffle-shaukat-tarin-fourth-finance-minister-in-two-years-1.78544471 ·Gulf News: World/Asia/Pakistan/: April 16th, 2021: Pakistan cabinet reshuffle Shaukat Tarin fourth finance minister in two years

Writings

In 2008 he penned a report entitled ''Roles and responsibilities of MNAs'' for the Islamabad-based pro-democracy think thank Pildat.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Omar Ayub Living people 1970 births Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MNAs Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs Omar George Washington University School of Business alumni People from Haripur District Army Burn Hall College alumni