Kamran Khan Bangash

Kamran Khan Bangash is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023.

Kamran Khan Bangash
Provincial Minister for Higher Education, Archives & Libraries
In office
11 July 2020 – 18 January 2023
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkha for Local Government and Rural Development
In office
27 May 2019 – 18 January 2023
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-77 (Peshawar-XII)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Alma materEdwardes College Peshawar

Early life and education

He was born on 5 December 1987 in Hangu, Pakistan.[1]

He received a degree of Bachelor of Computer Science[2] in 2008.[1]

Political career

Bangash joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2006 and headed the party's social media in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2007 to 2010.[3]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-77 (Peshawar-XII) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[4]

On 26 August 2018, he was named by the PTI as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information Technology.[5] However his name was dropped from the cabinet on the day of oath taking ceremony on 29 August.[6] On 30 August, he was named as Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Information Technology.[3] On 14 September 2018, he was appointed as special assistant to the chief minister on science and technology and information technology.[7] On 11 July 2020, He has been appointed as Provincial Minister for Information and has been considered as the best Information minister of the decade for the province.

Later in the same year on Friday, 18 September 2020, he was given the responsibility of revamping the Ministry of Higher Education, Archives, & Libraries.

Currently he is looking after the following 2 important ministries of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

  1. Ministry of Higher Education, Archives, & Libraries
  2. Ministry of Information & Press Releases

References
  1. "Kamran Khan Bangash". www.pakp.gov.pk. KP Assembly. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. "11 member KP cabinet takes oath, Kamran Bangash left out". The News. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. "Kamran Bangash named special assistant on IT". The News. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. Chaudhry, Fahad (26 August 2018). "PTI announces Punjab and KP governments' cabinet members". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. Ashfaq, Mohammad (30 August 2018). "11-member cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. "K-P cabinet expanded by two advisers, two special assistants | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.


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