Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao
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MNA Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao |
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| Chairman of Qaumi Watan Party | |
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Assumed office 17 October 2012 |
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| Interior Minister of Pakistan | |
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In office 25 August 2004 – 15 November 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Minister for Water and Power | |
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In office 2002–2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
| Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
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In office 24 April 1994 – 12 November 1996 |
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| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Governor |
Maj.Gen. Khurshid Ali Khan Lt.Gen. Arif Bangash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1944 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Qaumi Watan Party |
| Relations | Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao (brother) |
| Alma mater |
Lawrence College, Murree Edwardes College Pakistan Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1965–1977 |
| Rank |
 Major |
| Unit | Probyns Horse Regiment-Armoured Corps |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao (Urdu: آفتاب احمد خان شیرپاؤ; born 20 August 1944) is a Pakistani politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and the current chairman of Qaumi Watan Party.
He previously served as the Federal Interior Minister of Pakistan. Prior to this assignment he was working as 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 the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sherpao was born on 20 August 1944.
Sherpao received his early from Lawrence College Murree, and Edwardes College, Peshawar.
He joined Pakistan Military Academy with 34th Long Course in 1964. After passing out from Pakistan Military Academy in 1965, he joined Pakistan Army where he remained in the service for 12 years during which he rose to the rank of Major. While in military, he took part in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
He is brother of Hayat Sherpao.
Sherpao started his political career with Pakistan Peoples Party in 1975 after taking retirement from Pakistan Army on the advice of then Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after his elder brother Hayat Sherpao was assassinated in a bomb blast in Peshawar.
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