Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998) was a former governor of the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

(known as NWFP at the time) province of

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. Belonging to

Mardan Mardān (Pashto and ; Urdu ; Pashto: ) is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). It is a fast-growi ...

, he was the son of Nawab Akbar Khan Hoti and father of Inspector General of KPK Police Nawabzada

Muhammad Akbar Khan Hoti Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar Khan Hoti (born; 8 February 1956), is a Pakistani police officer who served as Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police (25 October 2011 to 16 April 2013) and Director General A director general or director-genera ...

.Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti listed as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1985 - 1986
worldstatesmen.org website, Retrieved 28 January 2018 He was one of the rare politicians who had said that he would resign from his office, if his son was proven guilty by a court in the

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. He later resigned as promised.What a democracy!
Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 July 2017, Retrieved 28 January 2018

References

1923 births 1998 deaths Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 1980s in Pakistan Minister of Railways (Pakistan) {{Pakistan-politician-stub