Pervez Khattak
Pervez Khattak | |
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| پرویز خٹک | |
Khattak as chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Naeem Khalid Lodhi (caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Khawaja Asif |
| 22nd Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 31 May 2013 – 6 June 2018 | |
| Governor | Shaukatullah Khan Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Tariq Pervez Khan (caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Dost Muhammad Khan (caretaker) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 22 Juanry 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-25 (Nowshera-I) |
| Provincial Minister of Industries and Production | |
| In office 2010–2012 | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Provincial Minister of Irrigation | |
| In office 1988–1990 | |
| Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 31 May 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | PK-13 Nowshera-II |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Constituency | PF-13 (Nowshera-II) |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Constituency | PF-10 Peshawar-X |
| In office 1988–1990 | |
| Advisor To Prime Minister For Interior | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2025 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shahbaz Sharif |
| Minister | Mohsin Naqvi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1950 Manki, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Party | IPP (2025-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PTI-P (2023-2025) PTI (2011-2023) QWP (2002-2011) IND (1997-2001) PPP (1988-1997) PML (1985-1988) IND (1983-1985) |
| Children | 6 |
| Relatives | Liaquat Khan Khattak (Brother) Ibrahim Khattak Adil khattak(son) Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak (sister-in-law) Sajida Zulfiqar (niece) Nasrullah Khan Khattak (cousin) |
| Alma mater | Pak-AIMS, Lahore Aitchison College, Lahore Gordon College, Rawalpindi |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Cabinet | Imran Khan government Second Shehbaz Sharif government |
Pervez Khan Khattak (born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of defence from 2018 to 2022. He also served as the 22nd chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 tto 2018 . Khattak had been a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from 2018 to 2023; and prior, a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Nowshera District.
He was a senior member of the PTI until July 2023, when he formed his breakaway faction, the PTI-P . On 12 February 2024, he left the chairmanship of the PTI-P and took a break from politics tenders resignation as PTI-P chairman due to 'health issues'.
Khattak has reformist views on Pakistan's political system and he prioritised accountability in his own government, increased education enrollment, instituted reforms in the police and security sector, anti-polio campaign and plans infrastructure projects; such as improving the transportation network. He also planned to revive the local economy by helping to rebuild tourism in the area. While for the long term, he planned industrialisation of the economy and a reduction in red tape.