Shahram Khan Tarakai | |
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| Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Local Government, Elections, and Rural Development | |
| In office 29 August 2018 – 26 January 2020 | |
| Chief Minister | Mahmood Khan |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | PK-47 (Swabi-V) |
| In office 29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkha for Education | |
| In office 18 September 2020 – 18 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | PK-32 (Swabi-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan (2012–2015) |
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| Relatives | Usman Khan Tarrakai (uncle) Muhammad Ali Tarkai (uncle) |
Shahram Khan Tarakai (Urdu: شاہرام خان ترکئی) is a Pakistani politician who was Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Local Government, Elections and Rural Development, in office from 29 August 2018 till 26 January 2020. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023.
Shahram Khan own a huge business of Tobacco, he is one of the high contributor to Tobacco Industry. He is also known for his charity works in his constituency.
Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018. During his first tenure as Member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, he served as Provincial Minister for agriculture, Health between June 2013 and May 2018. He was dismissed as a minister of health on 26 January 2020 by the Chief minister on the instructions of Prime minister Imran Khan.
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Early life
Shahram Khan was born in Tarakai House of Tehsil Razar, District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to a well known Industrialist and Politician Liaqat Khan Tarakai from the Tarakai tribe of Pashtuns. He is the eldest amongst his siblings.[citation needed]
Shahram Khan got his early life education at Fazal Haq College Mardan and Edwards College Peshawar before travelling to the UK and Australia for further studies.[citation needed]
Political career
Khan for the first time entered in to politics in 2005 after coming from abroad when he ran for District Nazim in 2005 Local Government Elections and won the office on huge margin.
In his tenure as a District Nazim, both Pervez Musharraf the then President of Pakistan and Shaukat Aziz the then Prime Minister of Pakistan visited Swabi and announced huge amount for Municipal purposes.
He co-founded Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan (AJIP) in 2012.[1]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of AJIP from Constituency NA-13 (Swabi-II) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 14,495 votes and lost the seat to Asad Qaiser.[2] In the same election, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of AJIP from Constituency PK-32 (Swabi-II).[3] He received 20,111 votes and defeated Amir Rehman, a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP).[2] Following the election, AJIP forged coalition with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[1]
On 14 June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak[4] and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for agriculture.[5]
In a cabinet reshuffle in March 2014, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for health and was given the status of the senior minister in the cabinet.[6][7] In November 2015, AJIP merged with PTI.[1] Shahram Khan in a public gathering of PTI on 22 November 2015 announced the merger of both the parties for the betterment of the people of Swabi. Imran Khan was also present in the gathering as a chief guest.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-47 (Swabi-V) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[8]
On 29 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development.[9] According to the vision of Imran Khan he has passed Local Government bill 2019 from the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa understanding the importance of devolution of power.
He was among the three ministers who were abruptly removed from KP cabinet on charges of creating grouping in the ruling PTI. These allegations were denied by Shahram Tarakai.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Two become one: AJIP to merge with PTI today | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ a b "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (13 May 2013). "AJIP, PTI rout ANP in Swabi". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Report, Bureau (14 June 2013). "12 KP ministers take oath". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Posts of power: Provincial cabinet offers diverse blend | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Musical chairs: Opposition says cabinet reshuffle was not necessary | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "KP govt expands and reshuffles cabinet". The News. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Shahram Khan of PTI wins PK-47". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "11 member KP cabinet takes oath, Kamran Bangash left out". The News. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Shahram and two others sacked for conspiring against leadership". The News. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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