The Honourable Pervez Khattak (پرویز خٹک) |
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22nd Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 31 May 2013 |
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President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Governor |
Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
Preceded by | Tariq Pervez Khan (caretaker) |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 31 May 2013 |
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President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Governor |
Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
Speaker | Asad Qaiser |
Constituency | PK-13 NOWSHERA-II Nowshera |
Personal details | |
Born |
Manki Sharif, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
1 January 1950
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater |
Aitchison College Gordon College |
Occupation | Politician |
Religion | Islam |
Pervez Khan Khattak (Pashto: پروېز خان خټک Urdu: پرویز خان خٹک; born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician, currently serving as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He also served as the Irrigation Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and twice Minister of Industries & Labour in the past. Khattak relinquished his elected post as the Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 25 September to Jahangir Tareen
Khattak has reformist views on Pakistan's political system, and he prioritised accountability in his own government, increased education enrolment, instituted reforms in the police and security sector, anti-polio campaign and plans infrastructure projects such as improving the transportation network He also planned to revive the local economy by helping to rebuild tourism in the area While for the long term, he plans industrialisation of the economy and a reduction in red tape
Pervez Khattak born to Hastam Khan Khattak on 1 January 1950 at village Manki Sharif in Nowshera. He belongs to the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns. Pervez Khattak received his early in manki sharif primary school and later at the Aitchison College, Lahore. After doing Senior Cambridge from Aitchison,Khattak went to Gordon College, Rawalpindi for his graduation. He had also worked as political worker of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).