Ali Asghar Khan علی اصغر خان |
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Former Regional President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Hazara Region |
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In office 23 February 2013 – 23 May 2015 |
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Central Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
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In office 2012–2013 |
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Appointed by | Imran Khan |
Member of Central Executive Committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
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Appointed by | Imran Khan |
Assumed office 2011– |
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Personal details | |
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Residence | Abbottabad |
Alma mater |
Royal Institute of British Architects U.K. University of Greenwich |
Occupation | Politician Architect Development Practitioner |
Website | aliasgharkhan |
Ali Asghar Khan (Urdu: علی اصغر خان;) is a prominent politician and social activist from the Hazara region of Pakistan. He lives in Abbottabad, the centre of the Hazara region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Ali Asghar Khan was born in Karachi, the second son of Air Marshal Asghar Khan and Amina Shamsie. His brother, Omar Asghar Khan, was also a politician, social activist, and development practitioner.
Khan received his early education from Habib Public School Karachi and Abbottabad Public School. An architect by trade, he got his professional education from the Royal Institute of British Architects, U.K.
Khan served as the Executive Director of the Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation for more than ten years. The foundation works on political advocacy across the country, particularly in the Hazara region.
He is a founder of Tehreek Huqooq e Hazara (Movement for Rights of Hazara) and is also active in national politics.
He participated actively in a movement known as the Lawyers' Movement from its early protests against the Musharraf regime in March 2007 until the restoration of the judges in March 2009. In recognition of his contribution to the movement, Ali Asghar Khan was invited to be in a group of ten individuals who raised the national flag at the Chief Justice's residence on 22 March 2009.