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Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan. — APPCaretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan Saturday passed away after being rushed to the hospital for ill health a day earlier.
The interim chief minister was taken to the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar on Friday after he fell ill due to diarrhoea.
He was kept in the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). Khan had suffered a heart attack and died during the treatment.
The former bureaucrat took oath as the interim chief minister on January 21 this year, following the dissolution of the KP Assembly in the same month.
He was nominated to lead the province by the opposition and his name was unanimously approved by the outgoing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government as well.
Azam Khan’s profile
Khan, who hailed from KP’s Charsadda district, was a retired bureaucrat who served for the capital administration and development in the interim cabinet of former caretaker prime minister Nasir-ul-Mulk in 2018.
He earlier held a ministerial position in the provincial interior ministry. He was a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London.
From October 2007 to April 2008, Azam Khan also served as a finance, planning and development minister in KP in the cabinet of CM Shamsul Mulk.
He also served in key posts in both the federal and provincial governments.
From September 1990 to July 1993, Khan also served as the chief secretary. He was also chairman of the Pakistan Tobacco Board.
Condolences pour in
Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the family members of late Azam Khan
"Deeply saddened by the death of Azam Khan," Mohsin Naqvi said and added that his services for the country and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will always be remembered.
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