- Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb
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Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb Born Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb Residence Swat valley, Pakistan Nationality Pakistani Ethnicity Pashtun Citizenship Pakistan Education Electrical Engineering (B.S.) Alma mater Northeastern University, United States Employer Chinese–Pakistani Hydropower Consortium Known for Politician
HumanitarianSpouse Zainab Ayub Khan Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb is the heir apparent to the pretendership of the former Swat princely state. He is the son of Miangul Aurangzeb and grandson of Miangul Jahan Zeb the last royal ruler of Swat.
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Education
He graduated from Aitchison College, an elite Pakistani secondary school. He is a professional electrical engineer who studied in the United States at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He has served in the Pakistani parliament as a member of parliament in 2004 till 2008. He is married to his cousin Zainab Ayub Khan, the daughter of Capt. Gohar Ayub Khan and granddaughter of President of Pakistan Field Marshal Ayub Khan.
Humanitarian Service
He and his wife Zainab are currently active in assistance to refugees near Islamabad from the states which were under his grandfather's dominion: Swat, Buner and Shangla. There are also efforts by the family in assistance to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with fundraising and delivery. The family are now involved in helping organize support of the reconstruction of hospitals and schools.
Career as an Electrical Engineer
Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb is currently working towards the construction of the Kohala Dam in Kashmir with a Chinese–Pakistani consortium. The consortium has expressed interest in bidding for the development of windfarms in the family's former dominion.
Economic and Social Development
There are also plans to promote the area as a textile production center; the area produces silk and has workshops finishing pashmina woolen shawls, curtains and blankets. There are now ongoing discussions for the creation of a Royal Swat Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution and a system of Lok Adalat to assist in the relief of the backlog in the Swat civil administrations courts.
References
- Adnan Aurangzeb Photo Pittsburgh Live
- Pakistanis fear resurgence of violence in Swat Valley
- Swat Royal Family the Miangul Family Tree
- Royal Ark Almanac - Swat Royal Family Tree
- Visit to Sikh refugees from Buner and Swat
- CWE offers to construct Kohala Hydroelectric Dam
- China offers more investment in water, power sector
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