Anwar Kamal Khan

Anwar Kamal Khan Marwat Mina Khel (19 November 1947 – 13 February 2012) was a Pakistani Politician.[1]

He was a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) He was the elder son of Justice Khan Habibullah Khan and elder brother of a senior Pakistani Civil Servant Akhter Munir Khan Marwat. He lead his first tribal army in 1973.[2] Earlier he has also remained a Senator in addition to being a Senior Provincial Minister.[3][4][5]

He was elected as member of the Senate in March 1997 for a six-year term. He served as a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power and on Local Government and Rural Development and also on Functional Committee on Probles of Less Developed Areas.[6] He was elected to the provincial assembly in the 2002 elections defeating his longstanding rivals the late Pir Khalid Raza Zakori,serving as Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) parliamentary leader in the province for nearly five years.

A former opponent of action against the Taliban, he after losing the 2008 provincial elections led his tribe in operation against the Taliban in the Lakki Marwat area.[7]

He died on 13 February 2012 due to a sudden cardiac failure at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 PML-N provincial leader dies Dawn.com, 14 February 2012
  2. ↑ "Anwar Kamal". The Economist. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ↑ http://pakistanherald.com/profile.aspx?hofid=756
  4. ↑ Tribes Combat and Tribe Men's leading
  5. ↑ Reference of Qabaili Jirga (Tribal Discussion)
  6. ↑ Senate of Pakistan
  7. ↑ Pakistan chieftain hunts down Taliban 22 September 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008