Asfandyar Wali
| Asfandiyar Wali Khan اسفند یار ولی خان |
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| President Awami National Party | |
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In office 1999–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Ajmal Khattak |
| Succeeded by | Ehsan Wyne |
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In office 2003–2007 |
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Assumed office 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ehsan Wyne |
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19 February 1949 Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Political party | Awami National Party |
| Residence | Walibagh, Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Profession | politician |
| Parliament Pakistan | |
Asfandyar Wali Khan (Pashto: اسفند یار ولی خان) (born 19 February 1949) is a Pakistani politician. A democratic socialist, he is President of the Awami National Party in Pakistan.
His father, Khan Abdul Wali Khan, was the party's first President. He is the grandson of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Bacha Khan; Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of the non-violent Pashtun political movement, Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of the God") in undivided India and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Asfandyar's uncle Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan was the Indian National Congress's Chief Minister of the North West Frontier Province, during the waning days of the British Raj, and also the Chief Minister of the province during the early days of independent Pakistan. Asfandyar is the present President of the Awami National Party and has served as Member of Provincial Assembly, Member of National Assembly, senator and presently MP in Pakistan's Parliament. Asfandyar Wali Khan got credit of provincial autonomy and the renaming of North West Frontier Province as Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa with support of coalition partner PPP during 18th amendment 2010.
Asfandyar Wali Khan was born in Charsadda, then a small village outside of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan. He is the eldest son of Khan Abdul Wali Khan and his first wife Taj Bibi. After the death of his mother in February 1949 his father married Nasim Wali Khan in 1954. Sangeen Wali Khan was his half brother and eldest son of Nasim Wali Khan.
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