Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan

Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan ( ur, سردار عبد الرشید خان) (1906 - ?1995) was a senior police officer from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and cabinet minister in

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. Born in

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, Sardar Rashid was educated at Islamia College Peshawar. He then joined the Indian Police (IP) and was serving as the Deputy Superintendent of Police in

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City when Pakistan became an independent country on August 14, 1947. He was one of the senior most police officers in the newly-emergent country. Sardar Rashid rose to become the

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of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, but resigned from the police service on April 23, 1953, when he was appointed as the 8th Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. His nomination was controversial in that he was handpicked by his predecessor

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. However, he proved to be a popular choice, and in November 1953, he was elected as the provincial president of the

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despite the efforts of

to retain the post for himself following his elevation to the Central Government. He remained Chief Minister until July 18, 1955, when he was forced to resign because of his opposition to the ""One Unit Scheme"". He was succeeded by Sardar Bahadur Khan (older brother of General

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) who secured approval from the provincial assembly for the controversial scheme. Sardar Rashid joined the

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and was elected as a Member of the West Pakistan Assembly when the ""One Unit Scheme"" came into effect, and served in the cabinet of Dr Khan Sahib initially as Minister for Health and later as Minister for Finance and Information. On the resignation of Dr Khan Sahib in July 1957, Sardar Rashid was elected as the second Chief Minister of

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. He resigned from this position on March 18, 1958, and was succeeded by Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizilbash. Sardar Rashid ( Republican) served as Minister for Commerce and Industries in the cabinet of

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Sir Feroz Khan Noon ( Republican) from March 29, 1958 - October 7, 1958, when the cabinet was dismissed on the declaration of Martial Law by

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Iskander Mirza Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza ( bn, ইস্কান্দার আলী মির্জা; ur, ; 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), , was a Pakistani Bengali general officer and civil servant who was the first President of Pakistan. ...

. After the fall of the

government, Sardar Abdur Rashid served as Minister for Home Affairs (Interior), Kashmir Affairs, States, and Frontier Regions in the presidential cabinet of

and Chief Martial Law Administrator General

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from August 4, 1969 - February 22, 1971. {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Sardar Abdur Rashid 1906 births 1995 deaths Chief Ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Interior Ministers of Pakistan Pakistani police officers Pakistani republicans Pashtun people Chief Ministers of West Pakistan