Major (Rtd.) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao (August 20, 1944) is the head of Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao Group) and is the current Pakistani Federal Interior Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz . Prior to this assignment he was working as the Federal Minister for Water and Power (WAPDA). Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Shaukat Aziz (Urdu: شوکت عزیز), born March 6, 1949 Karachi, Pakistan is the current Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan. ... Water And Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is the acronym for the government owned firm known to produce electricity across Pakistan, to maintain energy creating plants and supply water to public. ...

Biography

Aftab was educated at Edwardes College, Peshawar and Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, Abbottabad. After passing out from Pakistan Military Academy with 34th Long Course in 1965, he joined Armoured Corps in the Probya's Horse Battalion. Over a period of 12 years he rose to the rank of Major. Edwardes College was established in 1900 with the efforts of Sir Herbert Edwardes Commissioner of Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province. ... Peshāwar (Pashto: پښور; Urdu: پشاور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pakhawar in Pashto. ... Pakistan Military Academy Logo Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) is a Military Academy of the Pakistan Army. ... Kakul or Kakul Valley is a town 5 km north of Abbottabad city near Thandiani Hills. ... Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is the principal city of the Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ... Pakistan Military Academy Logo Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) is a Military Academy of the Pakistan Army. ... Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ...

It was after the unfortunate assassination of his elder brother Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao in a bomb blast in 1975 that Aftab jumped into the political arena. The then Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto asked him to take an early retirement from his military career and afterwards nominated him as PPP’s provincial vice-president. Aftab Khan was thus a stalwart of the original unified Pakistan Peoples Party from NWFP Province of Pakistan. Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao was one of the Co-Founders of Pakistan Peoples Party, being a close ally to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. ... Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 - April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician who served as President, from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister, from 1973 to 1977, of Pakistan. ... PPP is an abbreviation for: In real estate: prepayment penalty, a penalty paid when property is sold before an agreed-upon date. ... The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ) is a mainstream political party in Pakistan. ... North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...

After the death of his political mentor Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto he wholeheartedly supported his daughter Benazir Bhutto and her struggle against the military dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq. He was a key political figure of MRD from NWFP. It was in 1988 elections to the Provincial Assembly that he orchestrated the downfall of the establishment backed PML and became the Chief Minister of the province. He took an extra-nationalist line to appease the nationalist forces, hostile to his party and thus broadened his political base in their stronghold areas. He was once again elected as the Chief Minister of NWFP in 1994. However, in the md nintees he developed serious differences with Benazir Bhutto when Maj-Gen Naseerullah Babar mistakenly suspected his role in undercutting him through allotment of party tickets in Nowshehra. Finally leading to the formation of his own faction of the party called PPP (Sherpao). He fled Pakistan to Britain after the military came to power in 2002 amidst charges of corruption against him. Eventually he returned prior to the 2002 elections and after striking an electoral alliance with the religo-political parties he was elected to both the provincial and national assemblies and his party performed relatively well amidst the rout of his former party and the Muslim leage in the frontier. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 - April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician who served as President, from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister, from 1973 to 1977, of Pakistan. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gen. ... Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) (Urdu: اتحاد برائے بحالی جمہوریت ) is a multi-party political alliance in Pakistan. ... North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ... PML may refer to: Piss Myself Laughing, a slang term used on the internet and text talk. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Major General Naseerullah Babar ( b. ... Nowshehra is a town and a notified area committee in Rajauri district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. ...

Siding with Musharraf after the 2002 elections he was rewarded by being appointed as federal minister for Water and power, and subsequently as Federal interior Minister he has been a prominent figure due to terrorist attacks and fighting in the tribal areas as well as Balochistan. Combatants Pakistan USA (indirect) Waziristan tribesmen, Al-Qaeda members, Taliban Commanders Commander XI Corps Ayman al-Zawahiri (probable), Haji Omar Strength 80,000[1] 8000-20,000?[citation needed] Casualties 950[2] - 3,000[3] Pakistan Military and Paramilitary troops killed 1000[4] - 3000 killed[2] The Waziristan conflict (2004...

Aftab's family tree and cross-marriages in other influential families has given him a unique edge over his political opponents. His elder brother, Wali Mohammad Khan, was related to the former President of Pakistan Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari. He himself is the son-in-law of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar. His elder son, Sikandar Sherpao, has already jumped into the Provincial Politics and is a member of the Provincial Assembly. Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (Urdu: سردار فاروق احمد خان لغاری) (b. ... Abdur Rab Nishtar Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (Urdu/Pashto: سردار عبد الرب نشتر) (born June 13, 1899 in Peshawar, NWFP - died February 14, 1958 in Karachi) was a Muslim League stalwart, Pakistan movement activist and later Pakistani politician. ...

On April 28, 2007 he was injured in a suicide attack. [1] April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker (attacker being either an individual or a group) intends to kill others and intends to die in the process of doing so (see suicide). ...

External links

• A profile of Sherpao Family