Shah Salim Khan

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Shah Salim Khan
Born (1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 (age 47)
Baltit Hunza
NationalityPakistani
Alma mater International School of Islamabad, Bentley College
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur and politician
Known forDisqualified member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly
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Shah Salim Khan (born 29 July 1975) is a former Pakistani politician and entrepreneur disqualified from the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly for having defaulted on a loan by the National Bank of Pakistan. He is the son of the 6th Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Salim Khan was born in Rawalpindi and raised in Islamabad. His father, Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan was the 6th Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. [4] [5]

Career

Entrepreneurship

He was the former vice chairman of Pak China Sust Port Company Private Limited. [6]

Politics

Salim Khan was an elected member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly in the 2016 election. [7] [8] He won the seat on 10 September 2016 that had been vacated by his father, from GBLA-6 within Hunza Independent district on PML(N) ticket. [9] In 2018 he was disqualified from being a member of the assembly after the National Bank of Pakistan petitioned for his disqualification in 2017, a year after his election. [7] [10] Khan had reportedly took over 50 million Rs loan from the National Bank of Pakistan during his term as Director of the Sost Dry Port, but he was failed to return the bank loan. [7] [11]

A decision was announced in open court on 9 April 2018 to de-notify Khan as member of parliament and instruct the scheduling of a new by-election in accordance with law. [12] [13]

Property dispute

In June 2018, Khan was arrested and detained following accusations of vandalism and hooliganism. The complaints were made by his own mother Rani Atiqa Ghazanfar, who he has engaged in a long running property dispute. [14] [15]

In October 2018, his father Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan declared him to be ‘disobedient and disinherited him from his share of the family properties located in Islamabad and Hunza, Gilgit (Naltar). [16]

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