Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra (born 9 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance and Health, in office since 29 August 2018 till 18 January 2023. He had been a member 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 ...

from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life and education

Jhagra was born on 9 November 1977 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He is the son of retired federal secretary Mohammad Saleem Khan Jhagra, nephew of late PPP leader and provincial minister Iftikhar Jhagra and grandson of two influential personalities hailing from the province;

Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra Muhammad Ibrahim Khan ( ur, محمد ابراہیم خان جھگڑا) was a leading politician of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Life Coming from the outskirts of Peshawar area known as Khalisa, named after the Sikh invaders ...

, who was a leading figure in the Pakistan movement, and one of the most respected political personalities in the then North West Frontier Province (NWFP); and of Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the influential bureaucrat who served as President of Pakistan between 1988 and 1993. Jhagra received his primary education in Peshawar, at the PAF (Pakistan Air Force) Degree College School, and his secondary education at The New School Rome, Italy. After completely his pre-engineering studies, also from the PAF Degree College Peshawar, Jhagra graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology ( ur, ; commonly referred as GIKI), is a private research university located in Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. The institute has a campus that is located in the vici ...

followed by an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the London Business School in 2008.

Political career

Jhagra began his political career after quitting his job as partner at

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

. In January 2018, he joined

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI). Following which he was allocated PTI ticket to contest the 2018 general election from Constituency PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) despite stiff opposition from within PTI. It was noted that at-least 33 PTI workers had applied for a ticket for Constituency PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) many of which were locals but PTI decided to allocate the ticket to Jhagra, who is relatively unknown in the constituency. He was elected to the

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) in the 2018 general election. He received 15,449 votes and defeated Aman Ullah, a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

. On 29 August 2018, he was inducted into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance. On February 5, 2020, he was also given the additional portfolio of Health. Across health and finance, he has been appreciated for the breadth and depth of reform carried out, which has helped bring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a small province, into the limelight as the province leading on reform in the country.

References

Living people Pashtun people Alumni of London Business School Provincial ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 1977 births {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-MPA-stub