Hamid Khan Achakzai

Dr. Hamid Khan Achakzai (Pashto: حامد خان اڅکزی‎; Urdu: حامد خان اچکزئی‎) is a Pakistani politician from Balochistan affiliated with the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP). He is a son of the Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai.[1] His elder brother Muhammad Khan Achakzai is the current governor of Balochistan while his other elder brother, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, is a veteran politician and leader of PkMAP.[2]

Dr. Hamid Khan Achakzai
MPA Balochistan Assembly
Born
Gulistan, Balochistan
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistan
EducationMBBS
OccupationPolitician, Doctor
Years active30 years
Known forPolitics, Activism, Nationalism
Political partyPakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Parent(s)Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (father)
RelativesMuhammad Khan Achakzai (brother)
Mahmood Khan Achakzai (brother)

In the general election of 1993, Hamid Khan Achakzai was elected into the National Assembly of Pakistan from the NA-198 constituency, serving as a parliamentarian until the end of the assembly's tenure in 1996.[3][1] He later also became a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in 1999.[4]

His nephew Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai is also a politician, serving as a member of the Balochistan provincial assembly from 2002 to 2007 and elected Again in General elections of 2013 as MPA from provincial constituency PB-13 .[4]

References
  1. "Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party". Dawn. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. Gishkori, Zahid (11 June 2013). "President appoints Muhammad Khan Achakzai as Governor Balochistan". Express Tribune. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. "Members of the National Assembly (1972–1997)". Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. "Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai". Provincial Assembly of Balochistan. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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