Ihsan Khan

Ihsan Khan

Ihsan Khan is the former Nazim of District Batagram, NWFP, Pakistan. He is a citizen of both the United States and Pakistan.

Personal life

He belongs from the village Ajmeracite web
url=http://ecp.gov.pk/content/DistrictNazimNWFP.htm
title=Names & Addresses of District & Tehsil Nazims of NWFP Province as of 2005 local elections
] in the extremely impoverished district of Batagram, Pakistan. Ihsan Khan left Batagram for US in 1997, when he was 19. [cite web
url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011203/world.htm#5
title=Pak cabbie wins $ 32 m lottery
accessdate=2006-11-14
] He earned a political science degree from the Northern Illinois University, where he met his first wife, a Christian. They had one child, but the marriage didn't last long. Khan then moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a security guard and cab-driver for about 20 years.cite web
url=http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/10/05/PM200610057.html
title=Lottery winner takes fortune home to Pakistan
author=Miranda Kennedy
accessdate=2006-11-14
] He often used to returned to Pakistan for months. On one trip, he remarried and later fathered two more children, who remained in Batagram.

In November 2001, he became a multimillionaire after winning a $55.2 million Powerball jackpot in the D.C. Lottery. Khan chose a lump-sum award of $32,499,939.24, which after taxes worked out to about $18 million.cite web
url=http://www.pakusxpo.com/despardes/newsmakers/120605-ihsan-khan.htm
title=Ihsan Khan - A Dollar And a desi Dream
accessdate=2006-11-14
] He bought himself a Mercedes-Benz 600, and two million-dollar mansions in Virginia and Islamabad. His political career begins from this point.

Political career

He returned to his hometown district, Batagram, and stood for the election for the post of district's Nazim. An outspoken critic of the local government and the Pakistani Army, he spent his own money campaigning and won the elections, defeating an incumbent whose family had been involved in local politics for 45 years. It is widely said that he bought all his votes with money. Due to this, the local political families were very devastated. Just two days after he was elected the Nazim, the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake happened.

During his tenure as the Nazim, Khan tried to rebuild the entire district of Batagram, where 4,500 people died in the quake. He said that he had spent about $300,000 of his own money on drugs and medical supplies for survivors and tin roofs for shelters. He also paid to send some local young people to college. He did not draw a government salary.

Disgusted with corruption, few days after becoming the Nazim, he dismissed the town's police chief and fired another official.

In 2007 he resigned from his seat of Nazim in order to participate in the general elections 2008. He stood as an independent candidate for Batagram's single seat of National Assembly but he lost from Muhammad Nawaz Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) by 17,161 votes. He was casted 5,155 votes while the winning candidate was casted 22,613 votes. cite web
url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/Search.aspx?constituency=NA&constituencyid=NA-22
title=General Elections 2008 National Assembly Results for District Batagram NA-22
]

References

* [http://www.pakusxpo.com/despardes/newsmakers/120605-ihsan-khan.htm| Report from DesPardes.com]
* [http://www.expoadult.com/node/256| Report from Expoadult.com]
* [http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/archive/index.php/t-10932.html Batagram's millionaire mayor rebuilds his town]

See also

* Batagram


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Boxeo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004 — Anexo:Boxeo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004 Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El boxeo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004 contó con 11 eventos, todos masculinos, disputados entre el 14 y el 29 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sardheri — (Also know as Sardhero or Sardheray) is a town located in Charsadda District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.LocationSardheri is situated on the Charsadda Mardan road, 6 miles from Charsadda city towards East or 15 miles from… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/Tu — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/Ay — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/Gu — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …   Universalium

  • Nonviolent Soldier of Islam — Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a man to match his mountains   …   Wikipedia

  • List of Pakistanis — Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of such people who belong or relate in some way to this nation. See for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis with categories. Heads of State or Government * Muhammad Ali… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/Ak — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • History of Pakistan — also see History of AJK · Balochistan · G B · KPK · Punjab · Sindh Timeline of Pakistan …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”