Afrasiab Khattak
| Afrasiab Khattak افراسياب خٹک |
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| Pakistan Senator of the Kohat Division of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province for the Pakistan Senate | |
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Assumed office 15 April 2009 |
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| President of the Avami National Party-General Secretariat of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province | |
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Assumed office 9 March 2011 |
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| President | Asfandyiar Wali |
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| Born | Kohat, North-West Frontier Province, West-Pakistan |
| Political party | Awami National Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party of Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Peshawar University |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Afrasiab Khattak (Pashto: افراسیاب خټک, Urdu: افراسياب خٹک) is a left-wing politician from the State of Pakistan. He is currently representing the Kohat Division of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province in the Pakistan Senate.
Inspired by the Russian communist party, Khattak joined the pro-Soviet Communist Party. He later joined the socialist party named Awami National Party in 1980. He is the President of the Avami National Party's central secretariat based in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province and as well as Chairman of the special standing committee senate. Khattak started his political activism in the 1970s, but escaped to Soviet Union to divert the effects of the Great Purge authorised by far-right wing regime of General Zia-ul-Haq. In the 1980s, he took asylum in Afghanistan Soviet Republic, serving as the top adviser to the Soviet government in matters involving Afghanistan. After the Fall of Kabul, Khattak settled back to Pakistan and founded the Afghanistan Pakistan People's Friendship Association in 2001. In 2002, Khattak was appointed as the president of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). In 2006, Khattak joined the Awami National Party.
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