Omar Ayub Khan


Omar Ayub Khan Lota is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Energy, in office since 11 September 2018. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007.

Early life and education

He was born on 26 January 1970 to Gohar Ayub Khan.
He received his degrees from the George Washington University in 1993 and 1996, respectively.

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-19 as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 81,496 votes and defeated Pir Sabir Shah. Khan was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and was appointed as the Minister of State for Finance where he served from 2004 to 2007.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 as a candidate of PML in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 50,631 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan.
He joined Pakistan Muslim League in 2012.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 as a candidate of PML in 2013 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 116,308 votes and lost the seat to Raja Aamer Zaman.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 as a candidate of PML in the by-election held in 2014 and also served as Chairman Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs. In 2015, he was unseated as he became ineligible to continue in office as constituency election was invalidated by voting irregularities due to rigging.
In February 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-17 as a candidate of PTI in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 172,609 votes and defeated Babar Nawaz Khan.
On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan and was appointed as Federal Minister for Power.
On 24 April 2019 after PM reshuffle the cabinet team, he was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Petroleum, which was previously held by Ghulam Sarwar Khan.