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Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
آفتاب احمد خان شیرپاو
Chairman ofQaumi Watan Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 2012
Minister of Interior
In office
25 August 2004 – 15 November 2007
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
Preceded byFaisal Saleh Hayat
Succeeded byHamid Nawaz Khan(caretaker)
Minister for Water and Power
In office
2002–2004
Prime MinisterZafarullah Khan Jamali
Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province
In office
24 April 1994 – 12 November 1996
PresidentFarooq Leghari
Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto
GovernorMaj.Gen.Khurshid Ali Khan
Lt.Gen.Arif Bangash
Member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan
In office
18 November 2002 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-8 (Charsadda-II)
Personal details
Born(1944-08-20)20 August 1944(age 80)[1]
Peshawar,North-West Frontier Province,British India
NationalityPakistani
Political partyQaumi Watan Party(2008-present)
Other political
affiliations		PML-Q(2002–2008)
PPP(1988–2002)
RelationsHayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao(brother)
EducationEdwardes College Peshawar
Alma materLawrence College, Murree
Edwardes College
Pakistan Military Academy
Military service
AllegiancePakistan
Branch/servicePakistan Army
Years of service1965–1977
RankMajor
UnitProbyns Horse Regiment-Armoured Corps
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao(Urdu:آفتاب احمد خان شیرپاو;born 20 August 1944) is aPakistanipolitician who is the current chairman of the centre-leftPashtun nationalistQaumi Watan Party,after previously being a member of thePakistan Peoples Party.He was a member of theNational Assembly of Pakistanfrom November 2002 to May 2018.

Sherpao previously served as the Federal Interior Minister of Pakistan. He had earlier been the Federal Minister for Water and Power, Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and States & Frontier Regions and Minister for Interprovincial Coordination. Sherpao has also served as the 14th and 18th Chief Minister of theKhyber Pakhtunkhwaprovince.

Early life and education

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Sherpao was born on 20 August 1944.[1][2]

He received his early fromLawrence College Murree,[3][4]andEdwardes College,Peshawar.[5]

He joinedPakistan Military Academy[5]with the 34th Long Course in 1964.[3]After passing out from Pakistan Military Academy in 1965, he joinedPakistan Armywhere he served for 12 years,[6]rising to the rank of Major.[7]While in military, he took part in theIndo-Pakistani War of 1965andIndo-Pakistani War of 1971.[7]

He is brother ofHayat Sherpao,[5]and alter ego ofSubhan Ali Khan of Tangi.

Political career

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Sherpao started his political career withPakistan Peoples Partyin 1975 after taking retirement from Pakistan Army on the advice of then Prime Minister of PakistanZulfikar Ali Bhuttoafter his elder brother Hayat Sherpao was assassinated in a bomb blast in Peshawar.[7]

He was elected toNational Assembly of Pakistanfor the first time in1977 Pakistani general electionon Pakistan Peoples Party seat[8][9]from NA-3.

He boycotted1985 Pakistani general election.[9]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in1988 Pakistani general election.[9]

He was elected as theChief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwain 1988[8]and remained in the office from 2 December 1988 till 8 August 1990.[10]

He became the Leader of the Opposition in theProvincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwafollowing the1990 Pakistani general election.[9]

He was re-elected as theChief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwain 1994 following1993 Pakistani general election,in which he defeatedAfzal Khamoshof theMazdoor Kisan Partyby a narrow margin of 54 votes.[8][6][11]

He remained Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1993 to 1997.[6][12]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in1997 Pakistani general election.[9]

He remained senior Vice-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party from 1997 to 1999[6]and leader of Pakistan Peoples Party in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1997 to 1999.[6][12]

In 1999, he developed differences withBenazir Bhutto.[7][8]It was reported that differences between Sherpao and Benazir Bhutto were cropped after the defeat of PPP in1997 Pakistani general election.Benazir Bhutto suspected that Sherpao played a role over the dismissal of her government. Sherpao denied the claims.[8]

After1999 Pakistani coup d'état,he went into self-exile in the United Kingdom due to multiple corruption cases.[9]Upon return to Pakistan for2002 Pakistani general election,[9]he was jailed on corruption charges.[8]

In 2002, he created his own faction, of Pakistan Peoples Party-Sherpao[8][13]and late 2002, was elected unopposed as the chairman of his own faction, Pakistan Peoples Party-Sherpao.[14]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 2002.[9]In November 2002, he was appointed as the Minister for Water and Power with the additional portfolio of Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination in the federal cabinet.[15]In December 2002, Sherpao was given additional charge of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and State of Frontier Region.[16][17]

In 2004, he was appointed as Minister for Interior in the federal cabinet.[18][19]

After getting re-elected to the National Assembly in2008 Pakistani general electionfrom his home constituency, NA-8, Charsadda,[20][21]he formedQaumi Watan Party.[9]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly in2013 Pakistani general election.[22][23]

Pakistan Football Federation

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Sherpao served as president of thePakistan Football Federationbetween 1988 and 1989.[24][25]

Assassinations attempts

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In April 2007, he was injured in asuicide attackin Charsadda after a suicide bomber blew himself in a political rally which killed at least 22 people.[26]It was the first attack on him.[5]

In December 2007, second assassination attempt was made when a suicide bomb blast targeted Sherpao which killed at least 57 in a mosque in Charsadda.[27]

In April 2015, Sherpao was targeted in a suicide attack in Charsadda for the third time. Sherpao survived the attack.[5]


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References

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  1. ^ab"Detail Information".www.pildat.org.PILDAT. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.Retrieved24 April2017.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^"If elections are held on time…".www.thenews.com.pk.Retrieved4 December2017.
  3. ^ab"Ghora gali".www.thenews.com.pk.7 October 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  4. ^"Lawrence College's 150 years celebrated".www.thenews.com.pk.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  5. ^abcde"Aftab Sherpao survives three bids on his life in eight years".www.thenews.com.pk.1 May 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  6. ^abcde"Returning to PPP out of question, says Sherpao".The Nation.15 November 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  7. ^abcd"Sherpao, Muslim Raza decide to dismantle PPP; create a new party".www.thenews.com.pk.6 September 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  8. ^abcdefgKhan, Ismail (17 April 2013)."The cunning campaigner".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  9. ^abcdefghi"Tracing the trajectory of Aftab Sherpao and the Qaumi Watan Party - The Express Tribune".The Express Tribune.1 April 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  10. ^Report, Bureau (20 October 2002)."Religious parties to rule NWFP a second time".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.{{cite news}}:|first1=has generic name (help)
  11. ^"Leadership – PMPK".
  12. ^ab"National govt no solution to problems: Sherpao".The Nation.14 July 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  13. ^"PPP (S) polls".DAWN.COM.30 July 2002.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  14. ^Report, Bureau (3 August 2002)."PESHAWAR: Sherpao elected PPP(S) chairman".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.{{cite news}}:|first1=has generic name (help)
  15. ^"Jamali, cabinet take oath: PPP, PML-N abstain from ceremony".DAWN.COM.24 November 2002.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  16. ^"Rs1m okayed for seepage control".DAWN.COM.25 January 2003.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  17. ^"Portfolios allocated to 7 state ministers".DAWN.COM.5 December 2002.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  18. ^"Changes in important ministries: Aziz keeps finance".DAWN.COM.3 September 2004.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  19. ^"SC moved against Sherpao's bail: New City housing scheme case".DAWN.COM.21 September 2004.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  20. ^Khan, Faiz Muhammad (22 April 2013)."Voter maturity in Charsadda".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  21. ^Report, Bureau (20 February 2008)."ANP, PPP dominate in NWFP Assembly".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.{{cite news}}:|first1=has generic name (help)
  22. ^Khan, Ismail (12 May 2013)."PTI's surprise victory in KP".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  23. ^Wasim, Amir (23 May 2013)."119 of 256 elected to NA are first timers".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  24. ^"Pakistan Football Federation".
  25. ^"Faisal-led PFF to file intra-court appeal".www.thenews.com.pk.Retrieved21 September2024.
  26. ^"Bomb kills 22 at Pakistani rally".news.bbc.co.uk.Archivedfrom the original on 24 April 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
  27. ^"Pakistan suicide blast 'kills 50'".news.bbc.co.uk.Archivedfrom the original on 20 May 2017.Retrieved23 April2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Interior Minister of Pakistan
2004–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Federal Minister for Water & Power
2002–2004 		Succeeded by
Liaqat Jatoi
Preceded by
Abbas Sarfaraz
 Minister for Kashmir Affairs & Northern Areas and States & Frontier Regions
2002–2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
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 Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination
2002–2004 		Succeeded by
Salim Saifullah
Preceded by Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa2nd term
1994–1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1988–1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
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 Provincial Minister for Industries and Rural Development Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1977–1977 		Succeeded by
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