Shaukat Ali Yousafzai
| Shaukat Ali Yousafzai | |
|---|---|
| KP Minister of Industries | |
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In office 1 April 2014 – 3 May 2014 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Governor |
Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
| KP Minister of Health | |
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In office 31 May 2013 – 31 March 2014 |
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| President |
Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
| Governor |
Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
| Chief Minister | Pervez Khattak |
| Preceded by | Syed Zafar Ali Shah |
| Succeeded by | Shahram Khan |
| MPA of Peshawar | |
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Assumed office 31 May 2013 |
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| Governor | Shaukatullah Khan |
| Speaker | Asad Qaiser |
| Constituency | PK-2 PESHAWAR-II Peshawar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 February 1963 Shangla |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Alma mater |
Aitchison College Gordon College |
| Occupation | Politician |
Shaukat Ali Yousafzai is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and as Minister for Health and Information Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Pervez Khattak administration. He also serves as the Secretary General of its provincial chapter of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and previously has served as the political advisor to Imran Khan.
Yousafzai is a senior journalist and a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He remained the president of Khyber Union of Journalist for three times. He is a Chief Editor of Daily Surkhab which is published from Peshawar. He basically belongs to Besham a remote village of District Shangla, and settled in Peshawar since 90s.He is a member and Deputy Parliamentary Leader of Provincial Assembly KPK.Currently he is holding Ministry of Health and Information Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.
He obtained his early education from Government High School Shang District Shangla and then his Intermediate from Jehanzeb College Swat. He has done MSc from KPK Agricultural University Peshawar. He has also obtained a Journalism degree from University of Peshawar.
He remained an active journalist throughout his career and worked from different news papers. He also hoste talk shows on PTV and AVT Khyber. He is the Chief editor of Daily Surkhab which is published from Peshawar. He remained the president of Khyber Union of Journalist for three consecutive times. During his tenure, he worked a lot for welfare of Journalist. He earns a respectable name in society.
Shoaukat Ali Yousafzai remained active in politics during his university and was the President of People Student Federation of KPK Agricultural University Peshawar. He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1996 and also contested election from District Shangla. Since from that time, he remained active in politics and given his efforts for establishing PTI in KPK. In 2011 he was appointed as Political Advisor to chairman Imran khan. He then resigned from this post to contest intra party election. He was elected as Provincial General Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in KPK. In 2013 General elections, he contested for Provincial Assembly seats from PK-2 Peshawar and got a huge victory against Syed Zahir Ali Shah of Pakistan People Party with a margin of 16000 votes. PTI has assigned Shaukat Ali Yousafzai as Deputy Parliamentary Leader in KPK Provincial Assembly. He is also serving as Minister for Health and Information Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. He is the most influential Provincial leader of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province.
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