Khan Habibullah Khan

Infobox President
name = Khan Habibullah Khan
order2 = 1st & 2nd Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
president2 = Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Zia-ul-Haq
term_start2 = 1973
term_end2 = 1977
predecessor2 = Post created
successor2 = Ghulam Ishaq Khan
religion = Sunni Islam
Justice Habibullah Khan (also known as Khan Habibullah Khan Marwat) (19 October, 1901 - 5 December, 1978Fact|date=May 2008) was a former Pakistani politician and Peshawar High Court Judge. He served as first and second Chairman of the Senate during Zulfikar Ali Bhutto administration and Pakistan's Interior Minister during Ayub Khan's regime.

Early career

Habibullah Khan did his graduation from Aligarh Muslim University. He then opted for a career in law and became the first District and Sessions Judge of Peshawar High Court in 1947.

Interior Minister

Habibullah Khan started his political career when he was assigned as the Interior Minister of Pakistan in 1962, when General Ayub Khan was formally declared as the President of Pakistan. He continued on to this post till 1965, when Ayub Khan himself took the portfolio of Interior Minister, then known as "Home Affairs Minister".

Chairman of the Senate

Habibullah Khan was the first Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from 6 August, 1973 till 5 August, 1975 and consecutively elected Chairman for the second term of the Senate from 6 August, 1975 till 4 July, 1977, when martial law was imposed on the country by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. [ [http://www.pap.gov.pk/majlis/senate/senate.htm#chairman Former Chairmen of the Senate of Pakistan] "Senate secretariat"] .

Acting President of Pakistan

Under the clause (2) of Article 49 of the Constitution of Pakistan, Justice Habibullah Khan was the acting President of Pakistan from 1977-1978, when the President Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry went abroad for medical treatment.

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box |title=Interior Minister of Pakistan
years=13 June, 1962 - 23 March, 1965
before=Zakir Husain| after=General Ayub Khan

succession box |title=Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
years=6 August, 1973 - 4 July, 1977
before=Office created| after=Ghulam Ishaq Khan

ee also

*Anwar Kamal Khan

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