Ali Muhammad Khan

Ali Muhammad Khan (Urdu: علی محمد خان; born 30 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs from 17 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Not to be confused with Ali Mohammed Khan.
Ali Muhammad Khan
علی محمد خان
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
17 September 2018 – 10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
MinisterBabar Awan
Head of Prime Minister's Public Affairs and Grievances Wing
In office
17 September 2018 – 10 April 2022
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 29 July 2022
ConstituencyNA-22 (Mardan-III)
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-10 (Mardan-II)
Personal details
Born (1977-11-30) 30 November 1977
Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2013-present)

Early life and education

Khan was born on 30 November 1977 in a Pashtun family in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1]

His grandfather Khan Pir Muhammad Khan was a Pakistan Movement activist close to MA Jinnah, and in 1940 he led the caravans from Mardan to attend the Lahore Resolution. He also served as a federal minister twice, but after him the family more or less stopped being involved in national politics.[2]

Khan earned his LLB degree from the Universal College Islamabad (UCI), enrolling there after being advised by Barrister Masroor Shah, a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court.[3]

He's also a civil engineer.[4]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-10 (Mardan-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6][7][8] He received 46,531 votes and defeated a candidate of JUI-F.[9]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from the Constituency NA-22 (Mardan-III) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[10] He received 58,577 votes and defeated Moulana Mohammad Qasim.[11]

On 17 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.[12]

On 11 May 2023, he was arrested by Pakistani authorities under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law due to his alleged involvement and incitement in the 2023 Pakistani protests. After securing bail and getting re-arrested eight different times, and spending 78 days in jail, on 27 July, he was released after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) had intervened to grant him bail.[13][14]

Controversies

Violence against police

In 2014, a police case was registered against Khan after he stormed a police station which caused injuries to three policemen.[15]

Threat against secularists

In 2017, Khan asserted that those who want to secularize Pakistan should "mend their ways or leave the country", as for him Pakistan was always meant to be an Islamic state.[16]

References
  1. "Detail Information". www.pildat.org. PILDAT. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Meri Kahani [My Life-Story]". PakVoter:Civic Information Portal. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023.
  3. "UCI's alumni profile". Universal College Islamabad. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023.
  4. "Two Historical and Monumental Resolutions Presented by Engineer Ali Muhammad Khan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & InCharge Prime Minister's Public Affairs & Grievances wing". Pakistan Meteorological Department. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023.
  5. "Musharraf uniform issue: Patriots will have to wait 9 months: Hafiz Hussain". Daily Times (Pakistan). 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "10 MNAs get notices for filing unclear statements". DAWN.COM. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. "100 new MNAs-elect to make debut in NA today". 1 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. "Tehrik-i-Insaf sweeps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". The Nation. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  10. "PTI's Ali Muhammad wins NA-22 election". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  11. "NA-22 Result - Election Results 2018 - Mardan 3 - NA-22 Candidates - NA-22 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. "Six federal ministers inducted into cabinet". 12 September 2018.
  13. "PTI's Ali Muhammad Khan, Ejaz Chaudhry arrested as crackdown intensifies". Geo.tv. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  14. "PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan released from jail". Samaa. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  15. "MNA booked after clash at Mardan police station". DAWN.COM. 3 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  16. Raja, Raza Habib (29 March 2017). "It is pretty clear that neither Ali Muhammad Khan nor PTI know why Pakistan was created". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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