Major-General Naseerullah Khan Babar was a Pakistani army officer,diplomat,and politician who served as the 28th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996. A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party,he also served as the 12th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province between 1975 and 1977. He was a retired 2-star general officer in the Pakistan Army,and later career military officer-turned-statesman.
Fazal-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He is also the president of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM),a coalition of political parties which ousted then prime minister Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion in 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly since February 2024 and previously served in that position between 1988 and 2018. He was also the Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007. He is a supporter of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and has demanded for its international recognition. In the 1980s,he was part of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD),which was formed to end the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq.
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution,in which 32 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet,selected from members the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly,and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister,invariably the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly,selects members of the Cabinet. The Chief Minister and Cabinet are thus responsible the functioning of government and are entitled to remain in office so long as it maintains the confidence of the elected Assembly. The head of the province is known as the Governor,appointed by the federal government,on behalf of the President,while the administrative boss of the province is Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad who began his political career as an independent candidate in the 1985 election. He won seats in both the provincial and national assembly. He also won all subsequent elections up to that of 2013.
Shahram Khan Tarakai is a Pakistani politician who was Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Local Government,Elections and Rural Development,in office from 29 August 2018 till 26 January 2020 and later on Provincial Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education till 14th January 2023 when the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was dissolved by the then Chief Minister on the instructions of Imran Khan. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023.
The Provincial Assembly ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,which is located in Peshawar,the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan,having a total of 145 seats,with 115 general seats,26 seats reserved for women and 4 reserved for non-Muslims.
Faisal Karim Kundi is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 35th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in office since 4 May 2024. Previously,he held the position of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety in federal cabinet under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Owais Ahmed Ghani is a Pakistani politician who served as the governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in 2008-2011,having previously governed the southwestern province of Balochistan for four and a half years (2003-2008.)
Amir Muqam is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Federal Minister for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit Baltistan along with States and frontier regions in Shehbaz Sharif cabinet. He is affiliated with PML(N) and serves as its Provincial President in Khyber pakhtunkhwa. He was a close aide to former military dictator Pervez Musharraf. He previously served as advisor to the prime minister on political affairs in the Third Nawaz Sharif ministry and Yousaf Raza Gillani Ministry. He is also a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Previously,he was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2008 to 2013. Muqam has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 29,2024.
Siraj-ul-Haq is a Pakistani politician who was elected as the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami,a religious political party in Pakistan which seeks to establish an Islamic legal system. He also served as the Finance minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa twice;first in the cabinet of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani,from 2002-2007,and again minister during Pervez Khattak's tenure as Chief Minister.
Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Gujjar became the minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony,in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz),Sardar Muhammad Yousuf had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan when he had an alliance with Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasip Khan Swati which he then broke from 1990 to 1999 and again from June 2013 to May 2018. He previously served as Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017. He also served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 to January 2023.
NA-40 is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan comprising Utman Khel Tehsil,Barang Tehsil,Khar Bajaur Tehsil,Bar Chamarkand Tehsil,Nawagai Tehsil,and Mandal and Shamozai sections of Salarzai Tehsil in Bajaur District.
Asad Qaiser is a Pakistani politician from Swabi. He is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan,served from August 2018 to April 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024,and previously served in this position from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously,he was the member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018 and served as the 14th Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly,from May 2013 to August 2018.
Muhammad Atif Khan is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Tourism,Culture,Sports,Archaeology and Youth Affairs,in office from 29 August 2018 till 26 January 2020. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023.
Bismillah Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
Arbab Muhammad Zahir was a Pakistani politician who served as Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1997 to 1999.
Syed Akhunzada Chattan is a Pakistani politician and leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Bajaur,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was formerly the president of the FATA Political Alliance,which campaigned for the rights of the people of former Federally Administered Tribal Areas. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Mahmood Khan is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023 and a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023,when he,as Chief Minister,dissolved the Assembly. His tenure as Chief Minister saw various healthcare initiatives surrounding the Sehat Insaf Card,where he primarily focused on expanding the card to achieve universal free healthcare.
Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance and Health,in office since 29 August 2018 till 18 January 2023. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023.
Rehan Zeb Khan was a Pakistani politician who was a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. He was an election candidate in NA-8 Bajaur participating in the 8 February 2024 elections.
