Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao
| Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao | |
|---|---|
| 8th Governor of North-West Frontier Province | |
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In office 25 December 1971 – 20 April 1972 |
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| President | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan |
| Succeeded by | Arbab Sikandar Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 February 1937 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India |
| Died | 8 February 1975 (aged 38) Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Sherpao, Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province |
| Political party | Pakistan People's Party |
| Relations | Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Wali Muhammad Khan, Dost Muhammad Khan, Abdul Wadood Khan, Sher Muhammad Khan |
| Alma mater | Islamia College University |
Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao (Urdu: حيات محمد خان شيرپاؤ; 1 February 1937 – 8 February 1975), simply known as Hayat Sherpao, was a notable left-wing intellectual and socialist, serving as the fifteenth Governor of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, as well as vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party. Sherpao held important executive offices, including served as the Interior minister and hold numbers provincial ministries of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province.
Co-founding the Pakistan People's Party with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1967, Sherpao took the responsibility to governed the Kyber Province in a difficult times when the country had lost the East-Pakistan as a result of 1971 Winter war with rival India. As governor, he oversaw the re-constitution of provisional assembly, stabilising the law and order situation in tribal belt, and overseeing the success of covert operations in Afghanistan in 1975. His governorship and Sherpao himself tackled and faced intense communist opposition led by Asfandyiar Vali, and was assassinated in a targeted bomb explosion on the campus of Peshawar University in 1975.
Hayat Sherpao was born in 1937 to Khan Bahadar Ghulam Haider Khan Sherpao who was a leader in the Pakistan Movement. A Muhammadzai by tribe, he was born in the influential Sherpao family of the North West Frontier Province. He was the fifth son of Khan Bahadar Ghulam Haider Khan Sherpao, a Pakhtun aristocrat who was a key player in the Pakistan movement. Hayat Khan was also the older brother of veteran Pakistani politician Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao.
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