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Azam Swati
Muhammad Azam Khan Swati (Urdu: محمد اعظم خان سواتی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Narcotics Control and Railways from 2020 to 2022. He is the elected senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He belongs to the Swati tribe of Mansehra.
Early in his life, Swati had moved to the United States to escape political victimization by Zia-ul-Haq because of his democratic activism, where owned a chain of stores, was a member of the Pakistani American Congress and played important role in high-profile charity events, while in parallel practicing law.
Returning to Pakistan, he joined the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 2002 and became a senator in 2003 but resigned in 2011 and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In 2018, he was again elected as a senator on PTI's ticket. He has served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 18 April 2019 to 6 April 2020 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Swati was born in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and belongs to the Jalangial Alisheri family in the Mitravi sub-clan of the Swati ethnic group. He is great-grandson of Jagirdar Akbar Khan Swati, the Khan of Gidarpur village, Mansehra, who held the title of Kursi Nashin and was a member of Queen Victoria's 34-member cabinet during the British Raj.
His paternal grandfather, Ahmed Akbar Khan Swati was educated at Aligarh Muslim College and served as a district magistrate and tehsildar during the British Raj before resigning from government service in 1916 to join the All-India Muslim League. Khan was assassinated in 1929 during evening prayers at Akbar Mosque, Gedarpur, reportedly on the orders of British authorities.
His maternal grandfather Khan Sahib Haji Faqeera Khan Swati was chief of Malakpur village located in Mansehra District and the elected MLA of Indian National Congress in 1937 Indian provincial elections.
Hubert Digby Watson in Hazara Gazetteer 1907 wrote about Azam Swati's maternal grandfather that "Faqira Khan Swati is a thorn in the nose of us Englishmen".
Because his family members, including his father, his uncles and his cousins, were already involved in local politics, he had early exposure to politics, competing in school and college debates and being elected president of the student council numerous times. His brother Laiq Muhammad Khan is also a politician.
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Azam Swati
Muhammad Azam Khan Swati (Urdu: محمد اعظم خان سواتی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Narcotics Control and Railways from 2020 to 2022. He is the elected senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He belongs to the Swati tribe of Mansehra.
Early in his life, Swati had moved to the United States to escape political victimization by Zia-ul-Haq because of his democratic activism, where owned a chain of stores, was a member of the Pakistani American Congress and played important role in high-profile charity events, while in parallel practicing law.
Returning to Pakistan, he joined the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 2002 and became a senator in 2003 but resigned in 2011 and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In 2018, he was again elected as a senator on PTI's ticket. He has served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 18 April 2019 to 6 April 2020 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Swati was born in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and belongs to the Jalangial Alisheri family in the Mitravi sub-clan of the Swati ethnic group. He is great-grandson of Jagirdar Akbar Khan Swati, the Khan of Gidarpur village, Mansehra, who held the title of Kursi Nashin and was a member of Queen Victoria's 34-member cabinet during the British Raj.
His paternal grandfather, Ahmed Akbar Khan Swati was educated at Aligarh Muslim College and served as a district magistrate and tehsildar during the British Raj before resigning from government service in 1916 to join the All-India Muslim League. Khan was assassinated in 1929 during evening prayers at Akbar Mosque, Gedarpur, reportedly on the orders of British authorities.
His maternal grandfather Khan Sahib Haji Faqeera Khan Swati was chief of Malakpur village located in Mansehra District and the elected MLA of Indian National Congress in 1937 Indian provincial elections.
Hubert Digby Watson in Hazara Gazetteer 1907 wrote about Azam Swati's maternal grandfather that "Faqira Khan Swati is a thorn in the nose of us Englishmen".
Because his family members, including his father, his uncles and his cousins, were already involved in local politics, he had early exposure to politics, competing in school and college debates and being elected president of the student council numerous times. His brother Laiq Muhammad Khan is also a politician.
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