15 Aug 1947 Accedes to Pakistan.
1949 Pakistani
administration inaugurated. 14 Oct 1955 N.W.F.P.
becomes part of West
Pakistan. 01 Jul 1970 N.W.F.P.
become
a province of
Pakistan.
Governors
Sir George Cunningham (3rd time)..................13
Aug 1947 - 08 Apr 1948
Sahibzada Muhammad Khurshid.......................16
Jul 1949 - 14 Jan 1950
Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra (acting).............14
Jan 1950 - 21 Feb 1950
Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar.........................21
Feb 1950 - 23 Nov 1951
Became Governor of
Punjab
from 24 Nov 1951 to 02 May 1953. He served as Prime Minister of
Pakistan
from 17 Oct 1957 to 16 Dec 1957.
Khawaja Shahabudin................................24
Nov 1951 - 17 Nov 1954
Served as the Interior Minister of Pakistan from
08 may 1948 to 24 Nov 1951.
Qurban Ali
Khan...................................17 Nov 1954 - 14 Oct 1955
Post
abolished....................................14 Oct 1955 - 01 Jul 1970
Lt. Gen. Khwaja
Mohammad Azhar Khan...............01 Jul 1970 - 24 Dec 1971
Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao.......................26
Dec 1971 - 20 Apr 1972
One of the co-founders of
the Pakistan Peoples Party. He was assassinated on 16 Feb 1975, in a bomb
explosion on the campus of University of Peshawar. Asfandyar Wali Khan was
named as the primary accused by the Bhutto government.
Arbab Sikandar Khan Khalil........................29
Apr 1972 - 15 Feb 1973
Muhammad Aslam Khattak............................15
Feb 1973 - 24 May 1974
In his youth he was part of
the group along with Chaudhry Rehmat Ali who published the pamphlet titled
now or never which coined the name Pakistan. He served closely with
Dr. Khan Sahib in the North-West Frontier Province's provincial government
during his career as a civil servant. He served as Interior Minister of
Pakistan from 22 May 1985 to 29 Mar 1987.
Maj. Gen.
(Retd.) Syed Ghawas.....................24
May 1974 - 29 Feb 1976
Maj. Gen. (Retd.)
Nasirullah Khan Babar...........29 Feb 1976 - 05 Jul 1977
Served as Interior Minister
of Pakistan from 21 Oct 1993 to 05 Nov 1996.
Justice Abdul Hakim
Khan..........................05 Jul 1977 - 17 Sep 1978
Lt. Gen.
Fazal-i-Haque............................11 Oct 1978 - 12 Dec 1985
Served also as Chief
Minister of NWFP in 1988.
Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti.................30
Dec 1985 - 13 Apr 1986
Justice Syed Usman Ali
Shah (acting)..............13 Apr 1986 - 27 Aug 1986
Khan Fida Muhammad
Khan...........................27 Aug 1986 - 31 May 1988
Due to opposition by the
Congress and its ally, Khudai Khidmatgar movement, Jinnah's trip to Khyber
Agency was considered risky. But Fida Mohammad Khan volunteered to drive
Jinnah to Landikotal, where his father Tehmas Khan was serving as political
Tehsildar. This was a historic trip as tribesmen gave a warm welcome to the
Quaid-i-Azam and announced their allegiance to the Muslim League.
Quaid-i-Azam was driven to Torkham on the border with Afghanistan and
brought back by Fida Mohammad Khan to Peshawar.
Brig. (Retd.) Amir Gulistan Janjua................16
Jun 1988 - 19 Jul 1993
Maj. Gen.
(Retd.) Khurshid
Ali Khan...............19
Jul 1993 - 05 Nov 1996
Justice Syed Ibne
Ali (acting)....................05 Nov 1996 - 11 Nov 1996
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Arif Bungash.....................11
Nov 1996 - 17 Aug 1999
Cap. (Retd.) Miangul Aurangzeb
Akhundzada.........17
Aug 1999 - 21 Oct 1999
Before 17 Aug 1999, he was
serving as the Governor of Balochistan.
Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Muhammad Shafiq..................25 Oct 1999 - 14 Aug 2000
Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Iftikhar Hussain Shah............14 Aug 2000 - 15 Mar 2005
Commander Khalilur Rehman.........................15
Mar 2005 - 24 May 2006
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai.........24
May 2006 - 07 Jan 2008
Owais Ahmad Ghani.................................07
Jan 2008 - date
Chief Ministers
Khan Abdul Qayyum
Khan............................23 Aug 1947 - 23 Apr 1953
nicknamed the "Lion of
the Frontier" by his supporters, was a major figure in Pakistan
politics, in particular in the North-West Frontier Province where he
served as deputy speaker, Chief Minister and Minister in the Central
Government as well as Federal Interior Minister. Qayyum Khan, a
barrister by profession, was of Kashmiri origin. His father Khan Abdul
Hakim was a Tehsildar in the North-West Frontier Province. Served as
Interior Minister from 13 May 1972 to 13 jan 1977. He was always opposed
by Khan Habibullah Khan; they were life-long rivals since they were
young class-mates at Islamia College, Peshawar.
Sardar Abdul
Rashid Khan..........................23 Apr 1953 - 18 Jul 1955
He was a senior police
officer from the North-West Frontier Province and cabinet minister in
Pakistan. Later Chief Minister of West Pakistan from 16 Jul 1957 to 07
Oct 1958.
Sardar Bahadur
Khan...............................19 Jul 1955 - 14 Oct 1955
He was a brother of the
President of Pakistan, General Muhammad Ayub Khan. He received his LLB
Degree from Aligarh Muslim University. A founding member of the Muslim
League in the province, he was elected to the NWFP Legislative Assembly
from the Haripur Central constituency at a bye-election in 1938. Later
he became Speaker of the NWFP Assembly in 1942. He was re-elected in the
1946 elections. He served as Minister for Communications from 10 Sep
1949 to 24 Oct 1954. Became Chief Commissioner of
Baluchistan from 08
Nov 1954 to 19 Jul 1955. He was a proponent of the ""One Unit Scheme". After
the 1962 elections, he became Leader of the Opposition in the National
Assembly of Pakistan during the government of President Field Marshal
Muhammad Ayub Khan.
Post
abolished....................................14 Oct 1955 - 01 Jul 1970
Martial
Law.......................................01 Jul 1970 - 01 May 1972
Maulana Mufti
Mehmood.............................01 May 1972 - 21 Feb 1973
He fought in the Indian
Independence Movement during the 1940s. He was a close ally of the
Indian National Congress at the time and opposed the demand for
Pakistan. Even after the Partition of India, when he moved to Pakistan,
he remained a bitter enemy of the Muslim League.
Sardar Inayatullah
Khan Gandapur..................29 Apr 1973 - 16 Feb 1975
Governor's
rule...................................16 Feb 1975 - 03 May 1975
Nasrullah Khan
Khattak............................03 May 1975 - 09 Apr 1977
Mohammad Iqbal
Khan Jadoon........................09 Apr 1977 - 05 Jul 1977
Arbab Muhammad
Jehangir Khan Khalil...............07 Apr 1985 - 31 May 1988
Lt. Gen.
Fazi-i-Haque (acting)....................31
May 1988 - 02 Dec 1988
Aftab Ahmed Khan
Sherpao (1st
time)...............02
Dec 1988 - 07 Aug 1990
Younger brother of
Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao. Survived two Militant attacks on 28 Apr
2007 (in his home area of Charsadda, 18 miles northeast of Peshawar) and
on 21 Dec 2007, Eid ul-Adha (killing at least 57 and injured over 100 at
Jamia Masjid Sherpao, located in District Charsadda). He became NWFP
Chief Minister again from 1994 to 1996 and served as Interior Minister
of Pakistan from 25 Aug 2004 to 15 Nov 2007.
Mir Afzal Khan (acting
to 08 Nov 1990)............07
Aug 1990 - 20 Jul 1993
Mufti Muhammad
Abbas (acting).....................20
Jul 1993 - 20 Oct 1993
Sahibzada Syed
Mohammad Pir Sabir Shah............20 Oct 1993 - 25 Feb 1994
Governor's
rule...................................25 Feb 1994 - 24 Apr 1994
Aftab Ahmed Khan
Sherpao (2nd
time)...............24
Apr 1994 - 12 Nov 1996
Raja Sikandar
Zaman Khan (acting).................12
Nov 1996 - 21 Feb 1997
He was son of a
prominent Gakhars Chief Raja Haider Zaman and
uncle of present Gakhars Chief Sultan Raja Erij Zaman Khan.
Sardar Mehtab
Ahmed Khan..........................21 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999
During his tenure as
Chief Minister, he invested heavily in area of Circle Bakote, a
relatively poor and underdeveloped area. During this time, he
electrified all of the area, provided facilities such as telephone
lines, water supply schemes, link roads, like the Kohala - Moolia road,
Sowargali - Boi road, Birote - Berote Khurd, and the Osia - Malkot road.
He constructed the Murree - Abbottabad road as a motorway and upgraded
high schools in Ayubia, Birote and Bakote.
Governor's
rule...................................12 Oct 1999 - 30 Nov 2002
Akram Khan Durrani................................30
Nov 2002 - 11 Oct 2007
Shamsul Mulk (acting).............................11
Oct 2007 - 01 Apr 2008
Ameer Haider Khan
Hoti............................01 Apr 2008 - date
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