MNA Khurram Dastgir Khan |
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Minister for Commerce | |
Assumed office 17 January 2014 |
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President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Mubashir Hassan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Khurram Dastigar Khan 3 August 1970 Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan |
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistan |
Political party |
Pakistan Muslim League 1997–present |
Parents | Ghulam Dastgir Khan (father) |
Alma mater |
California Institute of Technology BSc Bowdoin College BA |
Profession | Engineer |
Khurram Dastgir Khan (Urdu: خرم دستگیر خان, is a Pakistani politician and engineer who serves as the Pakistan's Minister for Commerce and a member of the National Assembly since 2008 from Gujranwala.
Khan studied engineering from the California Institute of Technology and economics at Bowdoin College before being elected to National Assembly in 2008 as a member of the Muslim League. In 2013, he was appointed as the Chairperson of the Privatisation Commission, and in 2014 as the Commerce Minister of Pakistan.
Khan studied at the St. Joseph's High School in Gujranwala and Cadet College, Hasan Abdal.
Khan attended the Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine from where he holds a degree in Economics and was trained as an electrical engineer at the California Institute of Technology.
In 1999, he was appointed as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. His tenure was terminated in October 1999 by a coup d'état staged by Pervez Musharraf. During 1999–2008, he led resistance to authoritarian rule in his native Gujranwala town and participated actively in PML(N)'s national resistance.