15 September 1925 Akora Khattak, NWFP, British Raj Empire (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died
7 February 2010 Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Political party
Awami National Party (ANP)
Other political affiliations
National Awami Party (before 1957) National Awami Party (Wali) (before 1986)
Residence(s)
Akora Khattak, Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Profession
poet, politician, writer
Ajmal Khan Khattak with Kabir Stori and Afzal Khan Lala
Ajmal Khan Khattak (Pashto: اجمل خټک; Urdu: اجمل خٹک; 15 September 1925 – 7 February 2010) was a Pakistani politician, writer and Pashto language poet from North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), who served as the President of Awami National Party. He was a close friend of Khan Abdul Wali Khan.[1]
His early student life was marked by active protests against the British Raj, which was followed by his joining of the Khudai khidmatgar movement and anti-colonial Pashto poetry. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947. he joined the National Awami Party and became a close friend of Abdul Wali Khan.
He served as secretary general of the National Awami Party from 1969–1973. He was defeated by Abdul Haq in the 1970 general election, however following a crackdown against the Party by the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ajmal Khattak fled into exile to Kabul. He returned in 1989 and was elected in 1990 to the National Assembly of Pakistan, he was then elected President of the Awami National Party following the retirement of Wali Khan.[1] Following a power struggle in 2000, he briefly formed a breakaway party which was routed in the 2002 election. He rejoined the Awami National Party shortly afterwards and retired from active politics.
^ abFrom Khudai Khidmatgar to National Politician : An interview with Ajmal Khattak, The NEWS Islamabad, 11 February 1994.
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