Liaquat Khan Khattak

Liaquat Khan Khattak is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from October 2018 to January 2023.

Liaquat Khan Khattak
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
14 October 2018 – 18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-64 (Nowshera-IV)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (2022-present)
Other political
affiliations		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2022)
RelationsPervez Khattak (brother) [1]
Children3

Political career

Khattak was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from the constituency PK-64 in 2018 Pakistani by-elections held on 14 October 2018. He served as a Minister for Irrigation Department and Excise & Taxation Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until February 2021. He defeated Muhammad Shahid of Awami National Party (ANP). Khattak garnered 22,775 votes while his closest rival secured 9,560 votes.[2] He was removed from the cabinet on 20 February 2020 on allegations that he supported Ikhtiar Wali Khan, Pakistan Muslim League (N)'s candidate, in the by-election for PK-63.[3] Later, he resigned from PTI and joined JUI-F.

References
  1. Ashfaq, Mohammad (1 September 2018). "PTI likely to field relatives of top leaders in KP by-polls". dawn.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. "CM KP removes Minister Liaquat Khattak for backing PML-N candidate". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 20 February 2021.


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