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Shah Farman (Urdu: شاہ فرمان) is a Pakistani politician from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He served as the 32nd Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 5 September 2018 to 16 April 2022. Previously, he was a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from May 2013 to May 2018, and again from August 2018 to September 2018.
Shah Farman | |
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33rd Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
In office 5 September 2018 – 16 April 2022 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
Chief Minister | Mahmood Khan |
Preceded by | Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Haji Ghulam Ali |
Minister for Public Health Engineering and Information of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
In office 21 July 2014 – 28 May 2018 | |
Governor | Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan |
Chief Minister | Pervez Khattak |
Preceded by | Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
In office 17 August 2018 – 4 September 2018 | |
Succeeded by | Salahuddin Khan |
Constituency | PK-71 Peshawar-VI |
In office 31 May 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
Constituency | PK 10 Peshawar-X |
Personal details | |
Born | March 1965 (age 59) |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Alma mater | University of Peshawar |
Farman was born in March 1965 in Badaber, a village located in the Peshawar District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and he has earned his LLB from the Khyber Law College, University of Peshawar.[1]
Farman has been associated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since at least 1998.[2]
He had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 2013 to 2018.[3] He also served as the minister for public health engineering and information in Pervez Khattak cabinet.[4][5] He was re-elected to the KPK Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-71 Peshawar-VI in 2018 Pakistani general election.[6] He received 17,309 votes and defeated Sifat Ullah, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).[6]
On 16 August 2018, he was nominated for the post of Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[7] On September 4, 2018, he resigned from his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat after casting his vote in the 2018 Pakistani presidential election.[8] On 5 September 2018, Farman took oath as Governor of Khyber Pakthunkhwa.[9][8][4] On April 16, 2022, his resignation as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor was accepted by President Arif Alvi.[10]
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