Pervez Khattak

He also served as the Irrigation Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and twice Minister of Industries & Labour in the past. Khattak relinquished his elected post as the Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 25 September 2013 to Jahangir Tareen.

On 13 May 2013, Chairman PTI, Imran Khan nominated Pervez as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the top post in the province where Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is the single largest party with 45 out of 99 seats, the party gained another 10 seats through allocation which increased its total seats to 55. Khattak was elected CM with 4 votes, more than his nearest rival from JUI-F Maulana Luftur Rehman who secured 3 votes. He leads a coalition government with PTI as the leading party while Jamaat-e-Islami and Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan also a part of it.

Straight away after assuming office Khattak declared that he will pursue a non-confrontational approach with the Federal Government which is controlled by Nawaz Sharif, he hopes this détente will create a more stable environment for the KPK government to produce results. However confrontation became inevitable with conflict over direction of the Taliban problem and by October 2013 the provincial government became more independent and assertive from the federal government, threatening to close US Supply lines.

Pervez Khan Khattak (Pashto: پروېز خان خټک ‎; Urdu: پرویز خان خٹک ‎; born 1 January 1950) is the current Defence Minister of Pakistan, in office since 20 August 2018. Previously, he served as the 16th elected (22nd overall) Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 31 May 2013 to 6 June 2018.

Pervez Khattak born to Hastam Khan Khattak on 1 January 1950 at village Manki Sharif in Nowshera. He belongs to the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns. Pervez Khattak received his early education at the Manki Sharif Primary School, and later at PAK AIMS in Lahore. He had also worked as political worker of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).