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He had also won the election for the district nazim in 2003 after the death of the-then district nazim Mehboobur Rahman. He held the position till 2005. The people of the valley were satisfied with his performance as district nazim and many drew analogies between him and his grandfather, the former ruler of Swat, Miangul Jehanzeb. The Wali of Swat has to his credit the development of the valley during his rule that came to an end in 1969.<ref>http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=216118&Cat=7&dt=200912/31/</ref> |
He had also won the election for the district nazim in 2003 after the death of the-then district nazim Mehboobur Rahman. He held the position till 2005. The people of the valley were satisfied with his performance as district nazim and many drew analogies between him and his grandfather, the former ruler of Swat, Miangul Jehanzeb. The Wali of Swat has to his credit the development of the valley during his rule that came to an end in 1969.<ref>http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=216118&Cat=7&dt=200912/31/</ref> |
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Asfandyar Amirzeb had decided to contest election on the PF-81 Swat constituency in the 2008 general elections and was campaigning in his constituency when he was killed in a roadside bomb blast targeting his vehicle on December 28, 2007<ref>http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/media-and-governance/42989/mingora-eight-people-including-former-nwfp-educat/</ref> at Manglawar near Mingora. Six of his supporters were also killed in the attack. His assassination was the first high profile death during the skirmishes in Swat. His contributions to the welfare and rehabilitation of Swat, in many fields, including education, |
Asfandyar Amirzeb had decided to contest election on the PF-81 Swat constituency in the 2008 general elections and was campaigning in his constituency when he was killed in a roadside bomb blast targeting his vehicle on December 28, 2007<ref>http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/media-and-governance/42989/mingora-eight-people-including-former-nwfp-educat/</ref> at Manglawar near Mingora. Six of his supporters were also killed in the attack. His assassination was the first high profile death during the skirmishes in Swat. His contributions to the welfare and rehabilitation of Swat, in many fields, including education, predate the later role of [[Malala Yousafzai]] and other such minor activists. |
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Miangul Asfandyar Amir zeb
Asfandyar Amir Zeb,(اسفندىاراميرزيب) Gujjar, was the grandson of the former ruler of the princely state of Swat- Miangul Jehanzeb and former president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan.[1] He was the son of Miangul Amir Zeb( Ex, M.N.A,1977)[2] and a nephew of Miangul Aurang zeb, former governor of NWFP. Miangul Asfandyar, a young politician having affiliation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was elected to the NWFP Assembly on the PML-N ticket in the 1997 elections and was inducted into the cabinet as education minister.
He had also won the election for the district nazim in 2003 after the death of the-then district nazim Mehboobur Rahman. He held the position till 2005. The people of the valley were satisfied with his performance as district nazim and many drew analogies between him and his grandfather, the former ruler of Swat, Miangul Jehanzeb. The Wali of Swat has to his credit the development of the valley during his rule that came to an end in 1969.[3] Asfandyar Amirzeb had decided to contest election on the PF-81 Swat constituency in the 2008 general elections and was campaigning in his constituency when he was killed in a roadside bomb blast targeting his vehicle on December 28, 2007[4] at Manglawar near Mingora. Six of his supporters were also killed in the attack. His assassination was the first high profile death during the skirmishes in Swat. His contributions to the welfare and rehabilitation of Swat, in many fields, including education, predate the later role of Malala Yousafzai and other such minor activists.
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- ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=216118&Cat=7&dt=200912/31/
- ^ http://www.apnaswat.com/portal/swat-guide/saidu-sharif/saidu-sharif/saidusharif2-70
- ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=216118&Cat=7&dt=200912/31/
- ^ http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/media-and-governance/42989/mingora-eight-people-including-former-nwfp-educat/