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Hamid Khan Achakzai
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dr. Hamid Khan Achakzai (Pashto: حامد خان اڅکزی; Urdu: حامد خان اچکزئی) is a Pakistani politician and doctor from Balochistan affiliated with the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.
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Family
He is a son of the Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai.[1] His elder brother Muhammad Khan Achakzai is the former Governor of Balochistan while his other elder brother, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, is a veteran politician and leader of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.[2]
His nephew Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai is also a politician, serving as a member of the Balochistan provincial assembly from 2002 to 2007 and elected Again in General elections of 2013 as MPA from provincial constituency PB-13.[3]
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Professional career
Having earned his MBBS from the Dow Medical College, Karachi before entering politics he worked as a medical doctor in the United Kingdom and Malta.[4]
Political career
In the general election of 1993, Hamid Khan Achakzai was elected into the National Assembly of Pakistan from the NA-198 constituency, serving as a parliamentarian until the end of the assembly's tenure in 1996.[5][1] He later also became a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in 1999.[3]
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