Pervez Khattak

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Pervez Khan Khattak (born 1 January 1950) is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of defence from 2018 to 2022. He also served as the 22nd chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018. Khattak was previously a member of the National Assembly (MNA) from 2018 to 2023, and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Nowshera District. He was a senior member of the PTI until July 2023, when he formed his breakaway faction, the PTI-P. On 12 February 2024, he left the chairmanship of the PTI-P and took a break from politics. Khattak has reformist views on Pakistan's political system. He prioritised accountability in his own government, increased education enrollment, and instituted reforms in the police and security sector and an anti-polio campaign. He plans infrastructure projects; such as improving the transportation network. He also planned to revive the local economy by helping to rebuild tourism in the area. He planned industrialisation of the economy...

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