Pervaiz
Khattak belonging to the Manki Sharif village was born on 1st
January 1950 in Nowshera district. Pervaiz’s father Hashim Khattak was a
notable figure, being a government contractor and also known among the leading
builders in the pre-partition sub-continent. Khattak has received his early
education from Aitchison College, Lahore completing from here the GCE Ordinary
Level and the GCE Advanced Level. According to some sources it is also said
that this was the same time when PTI (Pakistan
Tehreek-e -Insaf) chairman Imran Khan was
also a student in Aitchison College. Moving on from Aitchison College, Khattak
completed his graduation from Gordan College Rawalpindi.
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| Pervaiz Khattak |
Pervaiz Khattak is the father of three sons and two daughters. His
eldest son Ishaq Khattak is carrying on with the work of their company that
their grandfather had established before Pakistan’s creation. And the other two
sons, Ismail Khattak and Ibrahim Khattak are receiving education in United
Kingdom.
Political Career of Khattak
Looking at the Political career of Khattak who is now
designated as the Chief Minister of Khyber
Pakhtunkhawa; as a member of the district council he started his career in
1983. Later he has been elected five times as the member of the KP assembly. He
also remained a minister for industries twice and an irrigation minister when
the government in KP was led by ANP (Awami National
Party). Pervaiz also submitted his resignation in protest of corruption at
the time of Provincial Coalition Governement.
As the now Chief Minister of KP
Pervaiz Khattak in initial stages had to join the
independent group of KP when there was difference of opinions in the party
leadership at the time when he was elected as a candidate backed by Qaumi Watan
Party. He was also included in Provincial cabinet. But on December 2011 he gave
his resignation provincial assembly, membership of provincial assembly,
provincial assembly of Qaumi Watan Party and also from the parliamentary
leadership of several members to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led by Imran
Khan.
In 2013 election, in Nowshera, Pervaiz Khattak won the
National Assembly seat NA-5 and Provincial Assembly seat PK-13 from the PTI
platform.
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| Pervaiz Khattak with Imran Khan |
Looking forward for Mr.Khattak:
Some unique instances associated with Khattak, are making
the people of KP as well as in all over Pakistan to expect a bright future in
his chieftainship. Such as he was once offered Rs 5 crore from a certain party
but he refused to accept them and continued the consistency in his aims to
never change his interests for personal gains. Pervaiz Khattak says that he is
ready to reintegrate the people of KP and give requisite respect so to
understand the issues of prevailing terrorism. He is of the mission to work
with Nawaz Sharif and strive to eliminate terrorism from the country. In his
this interview to BBC
he also said that they would follow their agenda of resolving the issues by
dialogues.
Looking forward to the Role Model government in the
province that Khattak says will be seen in his reign, we hope that he lives
up to his expectations.
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