Sardar Mehtab Abbasi

Sardar
Mehtab Ahmad Khan Abbasi
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
15 April 2014[1] – 8 Feb 2016
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Shaukatullah Khan
Federal Minister for Railways, Pakistan
In office
2008–2008
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
Constituency N.A-17 Abbottabad-1
Member of Senate of Pakistan
In office
2003–2008
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali,Shaukat Aziz
Majority Pakistan Muslim League(Q)
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
February 21, 1997 – October 12, 1999
President Justice,Retired,Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Governor Miangul Aurangzeb
Preceded by Raja Sikander Zaman
Succeeded by Akram Khan Durrani
Majority Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz
Personal details
Born (1952-12-15) December 15, 1952
Malkot,Abbottabad District
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz(PML-N)
Children Shamoon Yar Khan (Son) Ex-Member KPK Assembly
Residence Governor's House (Peshawar)
Alma mater Government High School
Osea, Union Council Dewal, Murree Sir Sayyad School,Rawalpindi
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer
Religion Sunni Islam
Website http://soncb.blogspot.com/
Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan is thaught to be part of Budreal sub tribe of the Dhund Abbasis which he never claimed as truth. Sardar Mehtab's term was cut short by the military coup of 12 October 1999 and he was arrested from his house in Abbottabad.[2] The first ever case against Pervez Musharraf was filed by his lawyer Mr. Mian Muhibullah Kakakhel Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan in the case of Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan Versus National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and other high Military hierarchy. The petition was numbered as writ petition No. 1 of 2000.

Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi (Urdu/Pashto/Hindko: سردار مهتاب احمد خان عباسي) is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad, and the current Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Formerly, he was Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1997 to 1999, and Federal Minister for Railways in 2008.[3] He is politically affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League (N). He has served as a senator for five years since March 2003, until he won the NA-17 Abbottabad-I seat for the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2008 general election.

Education and early life

Sardar Mehtab was born on 15 December 1952 in Malkot, Abbottabad District.He passed matriculation from Govt High School, Murree, and graduated from the Sir Syed School in Rawalpindi. He then went did his LLB and CSS and practiced in the courts of Rawalpindi . Finding the legal profession not to his liking, he joined his father Sardar Muhammad Nawaz Khan's Crushers Business. His uncle Sardar Sarfaraz Khan had contested in local elections but never won from his single opponent Haji Majeed Abbasi(Late) and so promoted his nephew Sardar Mehtab in Circle Bakote, who was elected for the first time in 1985 as an independent candidate.

As Chief Minister (1997–1999)

Mehtab Ahmed Khan became the 16th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 21 February 1997, taking over from Raja Sikander Zaman, and served until 12 October 1999.[4]

During his tenure as Chief Minister, Mehtab Ahmed Khan approved the Chief Minister Development Plan prepared by Prof Dr M Subhan Qureshi, which was later updated to Dairy Science Park through two international workshops held at the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, in 2011 and 2013, respectively.[5][6][7] The Park has given birth to Peshawar Meat Company,[8][9] which is to be implemented jointly by the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, the Department of Local Government and Rural Development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade.[10][11]

During the tenure he did not invested in Circle Bakote, which is part of his own constituency and a relatively poor and underdeveloped area in the Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He ignored the area completely and focused mainly on how to create the personal wealth. He is charged with the allegation of selling wheat permit and sugar permit to his loyal people without merit and gained a lot in monetary terms.

Post-CM political career

Mehtab Ahmed Khan could not contest the general elections in 2002 for National Assembly, and therefore had to settle as a Senator in the March 2003 – March 2008 tenure.

As Senator (2003–2008)

Sardar Mehtab was amongst the few politicians who remained in Pakistan and were an integral part of the party during the exile of Nawaz Sharif. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 2003 holding this office until the 2008 general election.

Member of National Assembly (2008-2013)

In the 2008 general elections, Mehtab Ahmed Khan won NA-17 Abbottabad seat He also won the PF-45 provincial assembly seat, and hence had to vacate both the Senate seat and the provincial assembly seat after the victory, as a parliamentarian can only keep one seat. His son Shamoon yar Khan won this seat . He was elected as the Federal Minister for Railways on the 31st of March 2008 in the initial coalition between the PPP and PML(N) after the elections. However he along with the other PML(N) ministers resigned less than two months later after differences regarding the disagreement of freedom to judiciary {http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38079} In the 2013 general elections, Mehtab Ahmad Khan lost to his political rival for the seat of national assembly.

Post 2013 Elections

Sardar Mehtab was elected as the Opposition Leader in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the 3rd of June 2013 and he retained the position until the 9th of April 2014 when he resigned to take oath as the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain, on the advice of the Prime Minister, Nawaz sharif appointed him as governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, province of Pakistan.He took oath of the office of the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 15 April 2014 in Peshawar.[1] On 8th of Feb-16 he resigned from Governor KPK.

References

  1. 1 2 Fida, Nauman. "Sardar Mehtab Abbasi takes oath as new KPK governor". Thenewstribe. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ↑ 'Sardar Mehtab, a born-again politician: Dateline Peshawar' Dawn Newspaper, April 10, 2003
  3. ↑ Sajjad Malik, "24-member federal cabinet takes oath" Daily Times, April 01, 2008
  4. ↑ 'Five in the run for presidency' The News
  5. ↑ "Dean Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Subhan Qureshi". The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "International Workshop on Dairy Science Park". The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Second International Workshop on Dairy Science Park". The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Minister for Local Government KP briefed on Peshawar Meat Company". The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Minister briefed on establishment of Peshawar Meat Company". Business Recorder. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Dairy Science Park". The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dairy Science Park–Display Center". Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Raja Sikander Zaman		 Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1997–1999 		Succeeded by
Akram Khan Durrani
Preceded by
Shaukatullah Khan		 Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
15 April 2014–Present 		Incumbent
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