Mehtab Abbasi

Sardar
Mehtab Abbasi
27th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
15 April 2014[1] – 8 February 2016
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Preceded byShaukatullah Khan
Succeeded byIqbal Zafar Jhagra
Minister of Railways
In office
2008–2008
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gilani
ConstituencyN.A-17 Abbottabad-1
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
2003–2008
Prime MinisterMir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Shaukat Aziz
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
21 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
PresidentMuhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
GovernorMiangul Aurangzeb
Preceded byRaja Sikander Zaman
Succeeded byAkram Khan Durrani
Personal details
Born
Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi

(1953-01-13) 13 January 1953 (age 71)
Malkot, NWFP, Pakistan
Political partyAP (2024-present)[2]
Other political
affiliations
PMLN (1993-2023)
RelationsSardar Fareed Ahmed Khan Abbasi (cousin)
ChildrenSardar Shamoon Yar Khan (son)
Alma materGovernment High School, Murree
Sir Sayyad College, Rawalpindi
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi (Urdu/Hindko: سردار مہتاب احمد خان عباسی; born 13 January 1953) is a Pakistani politician from Abbottabad who began his political career as an independent candidate in the 1985 election. He won seats in both the provincial and national assembly. He also won all subsequent elections up to that of 2013.

Sardar Mehtab served as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan from 2014 to 2016, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 1997 to 1999, and Federal Minister for Railways in 2008.[3] He is politically affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League (N). He served as a senator for five years beginning in March 2003, until he won the NA-17 Abbottabad-I seat for the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2008 general election.

  1. ^ Fida, Nauman. "Sardar Mehtab Abbasi takes oath as new KPK governor". Thenewstribe. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ Ayub, Imran; Rehman, Atika (21 June 2024). "Miftah Ismail, Khaqan Abbasi launch 'Awaam Pakistan' party". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ Sajjad Malik, "24-member federal cabinet takes oath" Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today Daily Times, 1 April 2008