 | |
| Full name | Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex |
|---|---|
| Location | Charsadda, Pakistan |
| Owner | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Operator | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Opened | 2016 |
Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex also known as Charsadda Sports Complex is located in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan. It is the 2nd largest sports complex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after Qayyum Sports Complex Peshawar. [1] The sport complex has started functioning in 2016 and has been completed at the cost of Rs.490 million. [2]
The inauguration of construction work on Abdul Wali Khan sports complex was started in 2012 by ANP President Asfandyar Wali Khan. [3] The sports complex started functioning in 2016. The total cost of project was Rs.490 million. [2]
Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex currently hold sporting facilities for the following sports.
Islamia College Peshawar (ICP) is a public university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a fast-growing city that experienced a population boom in the latter half of the twentieth century.
The Awami National Party is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its current president is Asfandyar Wali Khan, grandson of Bacha Khan, with Mian Iftikhar Hussain serving as the Secretary-General. Part of the PPP-led cabinet of the Pakistani government during 2008−13, ANP's political position is considered left-wing, advocating for secularism, public sector government, and social egalitarianism.
Khan Abdul Wali Khan was a British Indian and later Pakistani secular democratic socialist and Pashtun leader, and served as president of Awami National Party. Son of the prominent Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Wali Khan was an activist and a writer against the British Raj like his father.
Asfandyar Wali Khan is a Pashtun nationalist politician who is the president of the Awami National Party (ANP). His father, Abdul Wali Khan, was the party's first president. He is the grandson of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Bacha Khan; Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of the non-violent Pashtun political movement, Khudai Khidmatgar during British colonial rule in India and a companion of Mahatma Gandhi. Asfandyar's Granduncle Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan was the Indian National Congress's Chief Minister of the North West Frontier Province, during the waning days of the British Raj, and also the Chief Minister of the province during the early days of independent Pakistan. Asfandyar is the present president of the Awami National Party and has served as Member of Provincial Assembly, Member of National Assembly and senator in Pakistan's Parliament. Asfandyar Wali Khan got credit of provincial autonomy and the renaming of North West Frontier Province as Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa with support of coalition partner PPP during 18th amendment 2010.
Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, popularly known as Dr. Khan Sahib, was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician. He was the elder brother of the Pashtun independence activist Abdul Ghaffar Khan, both of whom opposed the partition of India, favouring a united country.
The Babrra Massacre was a mass shooting on 12 August 1948 in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). According to official figures, around 15 protestors were killed while around 40 were injured. However, Khudai Khidmatgar sources maintained that around 150 were killed and 400 were injured.
The Qayyum Stadium also known as Peshawar Sport Complex is located in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the biggest sports complex in Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sport complex has facilities for all major sports including football, field hockey, squash, wrestling and badminton. The sport complex is owned by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has total capacity of 30,000 and it is located within walking distance from Peshawar Saddar and Peshawar Cantonment railway station.
Hashtnagar is one of the two constituent parts of the Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The name Hashtnagar is derived from the Sanskrit अष्टनगरम् Aṣṭanagaram, "eight towns", from Sanskrit aṣṭa, "eight" and नगर nagara, "settlement, locality, town". There was an unrelated town of the same name near Kabul in the 17th century. It was home to the Roshani Movement. The descriptive was later influenced by the Persian هشت hasht, "eight". The etymology "Eight Towns", refers to the eight major settlements situated in this region. These are:
The Bahram Khan family is a major political family from Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Nasim Wali Khan was a female politician in Pakistan. Nasim Wali Khan was a leader of Awami National Party–Wali. Nasim Wali Khan was the former provincial president and parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party in Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Sangeen Wali Khan was a politician in Pakistan. He was son of Abdul Wali Khan and Nasim Wali Khan, and the half brother of Asfandyar Wali Khan, leader of Awami National Party. Sangeen Wali Khan was contender for Senate seat from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with a ticket from Awami National Party, in May 2008. Khan contested his last election and was defeated by Saeed Muhammad Khan son of Lala Nisar Muhammad Khan.
Maulana Muhammad Gohar Shah is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to November 2007.
Hayatabad Sports Complex is a sports academy located in Hayatabad, Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It was formally inaugurated after renovation by PTI chairman Imran Khan in October 2016. It is owned by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Swat Sports Complex is located in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The Sports Complex was formally opened on 29, November 2010.
Mardan Sports Complex Pakistan is located in Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The complex has facilities for all major sports such as cricket, football, field hockey, swimming and basketball.
Aimal Wali Khan is Pakistani politician who is the provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He is the son of the central president of ANP, Asfandyar Wali Khan; the grandson of the founder of ANP, Abdul Wali Khan; and the great-grandson of the founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement, Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
Lala Nisar Muhammad Khan, also known as Lala Nisar, was a Pakistani politician, senator, member of parliament, and cabinet minister, who served railway minister during the Muhammad Khan Junejo's government, and later housing and works minister in 2008 while representing province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
Afzal Shah Khamosh is a Pashtun nationalist politician and activist who is the chairman of the Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP), formerly Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party (PMKP).
General elections were held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the 51 members of 15th National Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Coordinates: 34°9′26.9″N71°46′46.9″E / 34.157472°N 71.779694°E