Sardar Mehtab sworn in as Governor KPK
Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Mazhar Alam Miankhel administered the oath.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi took oath as 27th governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa here on Tuesday.
Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Mazhar Alam Miankhel administered the oath in a ceremony at Govenor’s House.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, federal, provincial ministers and leaders of other political parties also attended the ceremony.
Political leaders have declared appointment of Mahtab Abbasi as significant for restoration of peace in the province and process of peace negotiations with Taliban.
Profile:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi belongs to Hazara Division. He was born on 15 December 1952 in Malkot, Abbottabad District to a Hindko speaking family of Hazara.
He passed matriculation from Govt High School, Murree, and graduated from the Sir Syed School in Rawalpindi. He then went on to do his LLB and practiced in the courts of Rawalpindi.
Finding the legal profession not to his liking, he joined his father Sardar Muhammad Nawaz Khan s clothing business in Rawalpindi Saddar. Sardar Mehtab was elected for the first time in 1985 as an independent candidate of the provincial assembly.
He served as provincial health minister from 1986 to 1988. He also kept portfolio of law during this tenure.
He was the former Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1997 to 1999 and Federal Minister for Railways in the 2008 PM Yousaf Raza Gillani cabinet.
During his tenure he invested heavily in area of Circle Bakote, a relatively poor and underdeveloped area.
Mehtab Ahmed Khan did not contest the general elections in 2002 for National Assembly, and therefore had to settle as a Senator in the March 2003 – March 2009 tenure.
In the 2008 general elections, Mehtab Ahmed Khan won NA-17 Abbottabad seat and hence vacated the Senate seat.
Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan lost the National Assembly seat in general election of 2013 but won the provincial seat and was unanimously elected as Opposition Leader in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa Assembly.
Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan, a senior party leader, faced hardships during Musharraf’s rule and was imprisoned for three years. He also served as senior vice-president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
