Amir Muqam


Amir Muqam Khan is a Pakistani politician, national conservative, and mechanical engineer who was Advisor to Prime Minister on federal departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 29 October 2013.
He is also President of Pakistan Muslim League Khyber Pakhtunkhawa.

Early life

Amir Muqam was born at village Chagum Puran Tehsil in Shangla town, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on 25 July 1963 into a Pakhtoon family. After matriculating from a local high school, Muqam enrolled at the University of Engineering and Technology in Peshawar in 1983 to study engineering. In 1988, Muqam graduated from UET Peshawar with BSc in Mechanical engineering.
In 1998, Muqam was elected as general secretary of the Cantonments Association till he remained until 2001. In 2001, Muqam was elected unopposed as Nazim of Bengali Chagum Union Council after participating in local government elections.
He is the brother of Ibadullah Khan.

Career in national politics

Muqam participated well on general elections held in 2002 on the Muttahida Majlis Amal & Pakistan Muslim League alliance platform for NA-31 constituency. Muqam soon changed his mind and quickly defected to PML to support Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Engineer Amir Muqam survived seven attacks on his life, including three suicide attacks.
Muqam was brought up as a Minister of State for Water and Power and Political Affairs.
Muqam again successfully defended his constituency in the general elections held in 2008. However, his relations grew bitter with party president of PML, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, because of Ch Shujaat alliance with ppp, Amir Muqam resigned as Federal Minister for Industry and Production, and declare alliance with ppp baseless and unpopular, Ch Shujaat & Ch Pervez elahi went to Amir Muqam house in Islamabad but Muqam refused Ministry & alliance with PPP. After a few days, Muqam announced to join the PML after holding a meeting with Nawaz Sharif. He was soon appointed Senior vice President of the party, a position vacated by Javed Hashmi who quit PML-N and joined Imran Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaf a few months back.
In 2013 & 2018, Muqam decided not to contest from Shangla where he was elected twice in the past and tried on seats in Swat. He was defeated, However, his brother Dr. Ibadullah Khan got elected as Member of the National Assembly from Shangla. Ibadullah had been District Nazim of Shangla in the previous Govt.
In 2015 local bodies election of kpk, Amir Muqam son Niaz Ahmad Khan got elected as of Shangla. Niaz Ahmad is the youngest District Nazim in kpk.