Shoaib Sultan Khan

Shoaib Sultan Khan (SSK)
Born	11 July 1933 Moradabad, India
Residence	Pakistan, United Kingdom
Education	Master of Arts in English, Bachelor of Law degree
Occupation	Development Practionner
Known for	Social development Poverty reduction Participatory development
Notable work	Founder of Rural Support Programmes in Pakistan
Spouse(s)	Mussarat Rahim
Children	Roohi, Afshan, Falaknaz, and Shelley
Parent(s)	Mohammad Nasim Khan and Husna
Relatives	Sultan Ahmad Beg (Grandfather)
Awards	Global 500 Roll of Honour Sitara-i-Imtiaz Ramon Magsaysay Award World Conservation Medal Sitara-e-Eisaar Hilal-i-Imtiaz Rotary International Gold Medal

Shoaib Sultan Khan (born 11 July 1933) is one of the pioneers of rural development programmes in Pakistan. As a CSP Officer, he worked with the Government of Pakistan for 25 years, later on he served Geneva based Aga Khan Foundation for 12 years, then UNICEF and UNDP for 14 years. Since his retirement, he has been involved with the Rural Support Programmes (RSPs) of Pakistan full-time, on voluntary basis. Today, the Rural Support Programmes have helped form 297,000 community organisations in 110 districts including two Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

He has received the United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award in 1989, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 1990, the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1992, the WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award in 1994, "Man of the Year" Rotary International (Pakistan) Gold Medal in 2005, Sitara-e-Eisaar and Hilal-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2007. In 2009 he was elected as Senior Ashoka Fellow. He has written numerous research papers and books.

In 2009, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for "Unleashing the power and potential of the poor".