Shah Farman
Shah Farman | |
|---|---|
| 33rd Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 5 September 2018 – 16 April 2022 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Preceded by | Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani (Acting) |
| Minister for Public Health Engineering and Information of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 21 July 2014 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Governor | Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
| Chief Minister | Pervez Khattak |
| Preceded by | Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 17 August 2018 – 4 September 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Salahuddin Mohammad |
| Constituency | PK 71 Peshawar-VI |
| In office 31 May 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | PK 10 Peshawar-X |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Shah Farman (Urdu: شاہ فرمان) is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He served as the 32nd Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 5 September 2018 to 16 April 2022. Previously, he was a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018, and again from August 2018 to September 2018.
Political career
Farman is associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at least since 1998.[1]
He had been Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly between 2013 and 2018.[2] He also served as the minister for public health engineering and information in Pervez Khattak cabinet.[3][4] He was re-elected to the KPK Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-71 Peshawar-VI in 2018 Pakistani general election.[5] He received 17,309 votes and defeated Sifat Ullah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[5]
On 16 August 2018, he was nominated for the post of Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[6] On 4 September 2018, he resigned from his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat after casting his vote in the 2018 Pakistani presidential election.[7] On 5 September 2018, Farman took oath as Governor of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.[8][7][3] On 16 April 2022, his resignation as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor was accepted by President Arif Alvi.[9]
References
- ^ "PESHAWAR: PPP, ANP activists join PTI". 6 March 2002.
- ^ "The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ a b "Shah Farman sworn in as new K-P governor". The Express Tribune. 6 September 2018.
- ^ Report, Bureau (26 May 2017). "Shah Farman made minister for information".
- ^ a b "PK-71 Results — Election 2018 Results - - Candidates List — Constituency Details — Geo.tv". www.geo.tv.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (17 August 2018). "PTI's Shah Farman named KP governor".
- ^ a b "PTI's Shah Farman sworn in as KP Governor". The News. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Shah Farman takes oath as 32nd Governor KP". Dunya News. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "President Alvi accepts Shah Farman's resignation as K-P governor". The Express Tribune. 16 April 2022.
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