Asfandyar Wali Khan

Asfandyar Wali Khan (Urdu: اسفند یار ولی خان ) (b. 19 February 1949)is the President of the Awami National Party in Pakistan. A Pakhtun nationalist he is an opponent of the Taliban and proponent of provincial rights in Pakistan.

His father, Khan Abdul Wali Khan, was the party’s first President. He is the grandson of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as "Badshah Khan ["King of Khans". Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was the founder of the non-violent Pashtun political movement, Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of God") in undivided India and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. Asfandyars uncle Dr. Khan Sahib was the Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province during the waning days of the British Raj and also the Chief Minister of the province during the early days of independent Pakistan. Asfandyar is the present President of the Awami National Party and has served as Member of Provincial Assembly, Member of National Assembly and presently Senator in Pakistan's Parliament...HE IS THE ONLY NATIONALIST WHO REPRESENT THE PUKHTOONS EVEY WHERE WE ARE PROUD OF HIM...LONG LIVE ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN

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