Ali Amin Gandapur | |
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18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 2 March 2024 | |
Governor | Haji Ghulam Ali Faisal Karim Kundi |
Preceded by | Arshad Hussain Shah (caretaker) |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 –17 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-38 (Dera Ismail Khan-I) |
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Revenue and Estate | |
In office 17 June 2013 –28 May 2018 | |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 28 February 2024 | |
Constituency | PK-113 Dera Ismail Khan-III |
In office 31 May 2013 –28 May 2018 | |
Constituency | PK-64 Dera Ismail Khan-I |
President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 3 June 2023 | |
Chairman | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Pervez Khattak |
Personal details | |
Political party | PTI (2013-present) |
Relations | Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur (brother) |
Education | Saint Helen’s Public School DI Khan Police Public School Peshawar Government College University,Lahore (FSc) National College of Arts Gomal University (BA) [1] |
Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,in office since 2 March 2024. He served as the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan from 5 October 2018 to 10 April 2022. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. [2] [3]
Previously,he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018 and served as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Revenue for the same period of time. He contested his first election in 2013,winning in PK-94 Dera Ismail Khan,he would win again later on in 2018. He contested 2 seats,PK-97 Dera Ismail Khan City 1,and NA-38,winning both seats. In 2024,he was elected again to a seat in the Provincial Assembly,winning in PK-113 Dera Ismail Khan.
Ali belongs to a politically active Gandapur tribe of Pashtuns from Kulachi,Dera Ismail Khan,his late father Major (retd) Aminullah Gandapur having served as a caretaker cabinet member under Pervez Musharraf. [4] Aminullah passed away in 2024. [5] His brother Sardar Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur is also a politician.
He completed his early education at Saint Helen's High School,Dera Ismail Khan. Due to his keen interest in sports as a squash player,he shifted to Peshawar and matriculated from the Police Model School. He later received his BA from Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan. [6]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from the PK-64 (Dera Ismail Khan-I) in 2013 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election. He received 14,047 votes and defeated an independent candidate,Qayyum Nawaz. [7]
Following his successful election,he was inducted into the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak [8] and was made Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Revenue and Estate. [9]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-38 (Dera Ismail Khan-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election. [10]
On 5 October 2018,he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan [11] and was appointed Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan. [12]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a second time in the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election,running on an independent ticket affiliated with the PTI. Following his successful election as a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA),he was voted in as Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by a majority of 90 votes with the runner-up,Ibadullah Khan,receiving 16. [13] Following his oath-taking,he pledged to tackle crime,especially drug trafficking,initiate political reforms,and tackle corruption. [14]
He was accused of being involved in a case where a girl was allegedly stripped and publicly humiliated in his village in 2017. [15] [16] Gandapur visited the girl and maintained that he had not supported the accused and offered to take financial responsibility of the girl. [17]
At several occasions,Gandapur made provocative and sexist remarks about Maryam Nawaz with aggressive language. In 2020,he remarked,"She is beautiful but she spent millions on her surgeries from the taxpayers’money". In 2021,He referred to Maryam as a daku rani (queen of thieves) and alleged that she underwent a cosmetic surgery worth Rs80 million. He stated,"I have more to reveal,but I'll only say this to her:if we resort to slapping,she will be slapped so hard that her true face,covered by the Rs80 million surgery funded by taxpayers,will be revealed." [16] [18]
In March 2024,during a session of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly,Sobia Shahid,faced sexual harassment and lewd gestures from male PTI members when she displayed wristwatches,symbolizing allegations against PTI leader Imran Khan for purchasing wristwatches from the state treasury at a discounted price and selling them at a higher price to make a profit. Gandapur,recently elected as the leader of the house,addressed the incident by saying "she asked for it," suggesting that Sobia Shahid should have expected such behavior beforehand when she waved the wristwatches. [19] [20]
Gandapur was charged by Islamabad Police on 31 October 2016,for allegedly carrying and exhibiting unlicensed firearms and liquor. These items were reportedly found in Gandapur's vehicle outside PTI Chairman Imran Khan's residence when he arrived for the party's scheduled capital lockdown. [21]
In February 2024,Gandapur was declared a proclaimed offender for his alleged participation in the 2023 May 9 riots. [22] Later,in March,an Anti-Terrorism Court issued a non-bailable warrant for his arrest. [23]
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