Meena Khan | |
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Provincial Minister of Higher Education, Archives and Libraries for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 7 March 2024 | |
Premier | Ali Amin Gandapur |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
Constituency | PK-83 Peshawar-XII |
Personal details | |
Born | Peshawar District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan |
Political party | PTI (2024-present) |
Meena Khan Afridi is a Pakistani politician from the Peshawar District. He is currently serving as the Provincial Minister of Higher Education,Archives and Libraries for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 7 March 2024. He has also been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since 29 February 2024. [1]
He was born on 31 December 1990 and holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S) Economics Degree from the University of Peshawar. [2]
He contested the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf/Independent candidate from PK-83 Peshawar-XII. He was elected member and secured 38,117 votes while the runner-up was Samar Haroon Bilour of Awami National Party who secured 33,500 votes. [3] [4] He was then inducted into the Gandapur ministry as Provincial Minister of Higher Education,Archives and Libraries for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 7 March 2024. [5] As minister,a notification by the University of Peshawar to Meena Khan caused controversy. [6]