Omar Ayub Khan

Omar Ayub Khan
عمر ایوب خان
12th Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan)
Assumed office
2 April 2024
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byRaja Riaz
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs
In office
17 April 2021 – 10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byKhusro Bakhtiar
Federal Minister for Petroleum
In office
18 April 2019 – 17 April 2021
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byGhulam Sarwar Khan
Succeeded byHammad Azhar
Federal Minister for Power
In office
11 September 2018 – 17 April 2021
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byAwais Leghari (Federal Minister)
Abid Sher Ali (State Minister)
Succeeded byHammad Azhar
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-18 Haripur
In office
13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-17 (Haripur)
In office
January 2014 – June 2015
ConstituencyNA-19 (Haripur)
In office
2002–2007
ConstituencyNA-19 (Haripur)
Personal details
Born (1970-01-26) 26 January 1970 (age 54)[1]
Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political partyPTI (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
PMLN (2012–2018)
Pakistan Peoples Muslim League (2009–2012)
PML-Q (2001–2009)
PMLN (1993–2001)
Parent
RelativesAyub Khan (grandfather)[2]
Yousuf Ayub Khan (cousin)
Arshad Ayub Khan (cousin)
Akbar Ayub Khan (cousin)

Omar Ayub Khan (Urdu: عمر ایوب خان; born 26 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition. He was the last Federal Minister for Economic Affairs under the Prime Ministership of Imran Khan from April 2021 until April 2022.[3] He previously served as Federal Minister for Energy from 11 September 2018 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan and the son of Gohar Ayub Khan, who was also a politician. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007. He has served as Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since he assumed the role on 27 May 2023. He resigned from the position on 4 September 2024 and his resignation was accepted by Imran Khan on 7 September.[4]

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  3. ^ Pakistan Daily Times:April 17, 2021: Imran appoints new team to fix economy
  4. ^ Momand, Abdullah (7 September 2024). "Omar Ayub says Imran has accepted his resignation as PTI secretary general". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 September 2024.