Mahmood Khan Achakzai

Mahmood Khan Achakzai
Motharam Mashar Mahmood Khan Achakzai(Atsakzai)
محمود خان اڅکزی
Born 1948
Gulistan
Residence Inyatullah Karez, Gulistan
Other names (Mashar)
Ethnicity Pashtun
Education M.Sc
Occupation Politician, Mechanical Engineer UET Peshawar
Years active 30 years
Known for Politics, activism, nationalism
Predecessor Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai
Political party Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
Religion Islam
Children 5
Parents Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai

Mahmood Khan Achakzai (Pashto: محمود خان اڅکزی) is a Pakistani politician and chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, an Afghan Pashtun nationalist party based in the pashtun belt of Pakistan. The son of activist Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, Achakzai remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan three times from his hometown of Qilla Abdullah and Quetta. He was the only Pashtun nationalist MNA to be elected in the 2002 electoral sweep of the Pashtun belt by the religious Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[1]

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