Aftab Alam Afridi | |
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Provincial Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 7 March 2024 | |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 28 February 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kohat District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2010-present) |
Aftab Alam Afridi is a Pakistani politician from the Kohat District. He is currently serving as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since February 2024. [1] He is also currently the Provincial Minister of Law,Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights in the Gandapur ministry.
He was born on 1 January,1984 in Kohat,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He received a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) Degree from the University of Peshawar and became a lawyer by profession. [1]
He entered politics in 2010 as a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [1] He contested the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a PTI-backed Independent candidate from PK-90 Kohat-I. [2] [3] Following this,he was inducted into the Gandapur ministry as Provincial Minister of Law,Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights.
He has inaugurated two projects including a girls primary school and the Shadikhel-Mandakhel-Kamalkhel Road as provincial minister. He also emphasized the importance of women in education. [4] As law minister,Aftab Alam announced that a letter had been sent by him and the cabinet to the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to enact a judicial probe into the May 9 incidents. [5]
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