JIRGA | Saleem Safi | Shah Farman (Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | 30th January 2022
Shah Farman (Urdu: شاہ فرمان) is a Pakistani politician who is the 32nd and current Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office since 5 September 2018. Previously, he was a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018, and again from August 2018 to September 2018.
Political career
Farman is associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at least since 2002.[1]
He had been Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly between 2013 and 2018.[2] He also served as the minister for public health engineering and information in Khatak’s cabinet.[3][4] He was re-elected to the KPK Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-71 Peshawar-VI in 2018 Pakistani general election.[5] He received 17,309 votes and defeated Sifat Ullah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).[5]
On 16 August 2018, he was nominated for the post of Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[6] On 4 September 2018, he resigned from his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat after casting his vote in the 2018 Pakistani presidential election.[7] On 5 September 2018, Farman took oath as Governor of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.[8][7][3]
References
“PESHAWAR: PPP, ANP activists join PTI”. 6 March 2002.
“The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News”. www.thenews.com.pk.
“Shah Farman sworn in as new K-P governor”. The Express Tribune. 6 September 2018.
Report, Bureau (26 May 2017). “Shah Farman made minister for information”.
“PK-71 Results — Election 2018 Results – – Candidates List — Constituency Details — Geo.tv”. www.geo.tv.
Reporter, The Newspaper’s Staff (17 August 2018). “PTI’s Shah Farman named KP governor”.
“PTI’s Shah Farman sworn in as KP Governor”. The News. 5 September 2018.
“Shah Farman takes oath as 32nd Governor KP”. Dunya News. 5 September 2018.
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