Afrasiab Khattak

Afrasiab Khattak

Afrasiab Khattak or Afrasayab Khattak ( _ur. افراسیاب خٹک ) is a politician from Kohat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. He is currently provincial president of the Awami National Party in North-West Frontier Province.Fact|date=June 2008

Afrasiab Khattak is a former student leader, Pakistani politician, writer and prominent human rights activist. He has been the president of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).

Afrasiab Khattak is from Kohat in southern North-West Frontier Province. He was an active leftist politician during the 1970s and 1980s. He spent many years in self-exile in Afghanistan in the 1980s, due to his strong opposition to General Zia-ul-Haq's military rule. [ [http://www.pakistanlink.com/sah/06-30-2000.html Afrasiab Khattak: An Unlikely Crusader] by S.A Hussain June 30 2000. Pakistanlink.com. Retrieved may 10 2007]

After his return from Afghanistan, Khattak contested the general elections from Karak but lost to Aslam Khattak. Afrasiab Khattak joined the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in 1989, and served as the Vice Chairman of HRCP in Frontier Province, for three years - he is also one of the founders of the Afghanistan Pakistan People's Friendship Association [ [http://action.web.ca/home/sap/pakistan_notices.shtml?sh_itm=05b716dfc2303dab7b0fca012388b58f&AA_EX_Session=13578a84aca38a7a70dc10a4f0da3f42 Challenges for Pakistani Democracy: Resisting Religious Extremism] ] . In April 1999, he was threatened by extremist factions for demonstrating against “honour” killing in PeshawarFact|date=June 2008. On May 2, 1999, he was unanimously elected Chairperson of HRCP for a three-year-term. Re-elected in 2002, he resigned from the post after he rejoined the Awami National Party. He is also a known constitutional expert and a practising lawyer of Supreme Court and High court.Fact|date=June 2008

He was elected in 2006 as the provincial president of the Awami National Party, leading the party to provincial victory in Pakistan's elections of 2008. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2003/07/06/nat4.htm From idealism to pragmatism By Ismail Khan] July 6, 2003 DAWN group. Retrieved 6 June 2006]

References

See also

* Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
* Khan Abdul Wali Khan
* Awami National Party

External links

* [http://www.dawn.com/2003/07/06/nat4.htm Khan, Ismail(2004) "From idealism to pragmatism" DAWN. DAWN Group]
* [http://www.pakistanlink.com/sah/06-30-2000.html Pakistan Link]

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