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Ajmal Khattak was born on 15 September, 1925 in Akora Khattak, NWFP, British Raj Empire (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan), is a Pakistani politician. Discover Ajmal Khattak's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 15 September, 1925
Birthday 15 September
Birthplace Akora Khattak, NWFP, British Raj Empire (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Date of death 7 February, 2010
Died Place Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Nationality India

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1925

Ajmal Khan Khattak (اجمل خټک; اجمل خٹک; 15 September 1925 – 7 February 2010) was a Pakistani politician, writer and Pashto language poet from North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), who served as the President of Awami National Party.

He was a close friend of Khan Abdul Wali Khan.

His early student life was marked by active protests against the British Raj, which was followed by his joining of the Khudai khidmatgar movement and anti-colonial Pashto poetry.

Born in Akora Khattak on 15 September 1925, Ajmal Khattak as a child was greatly influenced by Bacha Khan.

By the time he turned 17, he was already an active member of the Quit India Movement.

He was a student then at the Government High School, Peshawar, but he left to contribute more to the movement.

It was the beginning of a political career that stretched over five decades during which his literary pursuits and education took several painful turns.

However, he did return to his studies completing a masters in Persian from Peshawar University.

At Islamia College, Peshawar, he was among the pioneers who put Pushto literature on the 'modern' track.

Linking it to European literature, particularly English, he was able to give it new direction and was acclaimed as a progressive poet.

He has had a long career in both the Indian Independence Movement against the British in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then NWFP) of what was then undivided India as well as part of the National Awami Party (NAP) in its various incarnations in Pakistan.

His early political career began during the Quit India movement after he came under the influence of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement.

He was forced to leave the school due to his involvement in the Quit India Movement.

As a writer he served as editor of various Newspapers and periodicals, including Anjam, Shahbaz, Adal and Rahber as well as script writer for Radio Pakistan.

1947

Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

he joined the National Awami Party and became a close friend of Abdul Wali Khan.

1969

He served as secretary general of the National Awami Party from 1969–1973.

1970

He was defeated by Abdul Haq in the 1970 general election, however following a crackdown against the Party by the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ajmal Khattak fled into exile to Kabul.

He was defeated in the 1970 election in his home constituency.

After the resignation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa cabinet in protest at President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's dismissal of the Balochistan government led by Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Ajmal Khattak became the Secretary General of the National Awami Party.

1973

He was the organiser and stage secretary at the United Democratic Front rally held at Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi on 23 March 1973, when shots were fired at the UDF leaders, including Khan Abdul Wali Khan.

In the general melee that followed, a number of UDF and NAP workers were killed by the authorities in their attempt at ending the rally.

Since Ajmal Khattak was a prominent figure in the National Awami Party, he was wanted by the Federal Security Force as part of the general crackdown on NAP.

To avoid arrest and possible torture, he fled into self-imposed exile to Afghanistan and stayed there for 16 long years.

During this time he was closely associated with the Pakhtunistan movement.

During his years in Kabul, Ajmal Khattak was a close confidant of Badshah Khan, and also enjoyed excellent relations with leaders of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, including General Secretary Nur Muhammad Taraki, Babrak Karmal and Dr. Mohammad Najibullah.

A committed Marxist-Leninist he was the author of many books in Pashto and had written 13 books in Pushto and Urdu including a History of Pushto Literature (in Urdu) 'Pakistan Main Qaumi Jamhoori Tehrikin, Da Ghirat Chagha, Batoor, Gul auo Perhar, Guloona auo Takaloona, Jalawatan ki Shairee, Pukhtana Shora and Da Wakht Chagha''.

1989

He returned in 1989 and was elected in 1990 to the National Assembly of Pakistan, he was then elected President of the Awami National Party following the retirement of Wali Khan.

He ended his exile in 1989 after the Awami National Party (ANP), the successor of the NAP, entered into an electoral alliance with Nawaz Sharif and his Pakistan Muslim League- led Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).

1990

In the general election of October 1990, Ajmal Khattak was elected from his home district of Nowshera to the National Assembly of Pakistan, defeating Pervez Khattak of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

These elections also signalled the retirement of Khan Wali Khan after his electoral loss to Maulana Hassan Jan of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.

Ajmal Khattak was elected as the President of the ANP when Khan Wali Khan stepped down from the post.

1993

In the 1993 general elections, Ajmal Khattak lost his re-election bid in Nowshera to the PPP candidate Major General Naseerullah Babar.

1994

As a leading critic of the PPP, it was important for the ANP – IJI alliance to have Ajmal Khattak in parliament, and he was therefore nominated to the Senate of Pakistan in March 1994.

2000

Following a power struggle in 2000, he briefly formed a breakaway party which was routed in the 2002 election.

He rejoined the Awami National Party shortly afterwards and retired from active politics.

2006

In 2006, the Torlandi Pukhto Adabi Tolana, Swabi, conferred on Ajmal Khattak the title of Baba-e-Nazam at a big public mushaira.

His work has been the subject of renewed interest by the South Asian Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania, which has translated his works into English.

However, in November 2006, when the government informed him that he was in line for the lucrative award of Sitara-i-Imtiaz, he refused it with a polite note.

2007

He was also awarded the Kamal-e-Funn Award 2007 by the Pakistan Academy of Letters.