Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani


Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani is a Pakistani politician who is the current Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in office since August 2018. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 to 2018 and served in the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak as Provincial Minister for Higher Education and Information.

Early life and education

Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani son Mr.Abdul Ghani was Born on 30th October,1956 at Abbotabad. He Obtained the degree of B.A from Punjab University and E.F.L from UK.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from PK-44 in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 25,576 votes and defeated Inayat Ullah Khan Jadoon, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League . Following his successful election, he announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
On 29 March 2014, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Higher Education. On 23 July 2014, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Information and Public Relations where he continued to serve until October 2017.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-39 in 2018 Pakistani general election. Following his successful election, PTI nominated him for the office of Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. On 15 August, he was elected as Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. He received 81 votes against his opponent Laiq Muhammad Khan who received 27 votes.