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President
  
Name
  
Nawabzada Amad

Years of service
  
1992–1999


Religion
  
Islam

Minister
  
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Preceded by
  
Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar

Service/branch
  
Pakistan Army Armoured Corps, 26th Cavalry Regiment

Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, MOS, visited High Commission in Malaysia on 22.07.2010


Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, or simply Malik Amad Khan is the former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and member of Majlis-e-Shoora from 2008 to 2013. He was one of the youngest members of the Cabinet of Pakistan.

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President Gül receives Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affairs - August 2012


Early years

Malik Amad Awan's grandfather Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, of Kalabagh was the Governor of West Pakistan from 1960–1966. His uncles Malik Muzaffar Khan and Malik Allah Yar have been, and his cousin Sumaira Malik is still a member of Pakistani parliament. Having completed his secondary education in Islamabad, Khan enrolled in Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, graduating from the school in 1992. He was then commissioned in the 26th Cavalry of Pakistan Army Armoured Corps Regiment. He resigned his commission in 1999.

Political career

In February 2008, he ran as an independent and was elected to Majlis-e-Shoora (the Pakistani Parliament) from his home constituency in Mianwali, NA-71, Mainwali-I with 83,098 votes. He later joined the Pakistan Peoples Party because of its progressive agenda. After starting his term, Malik Amad Khan has been a member of three parliamentary committees: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Committee, Standing Committee on Information & Broadcasting, and Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs & Northern Areas. He served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from November 8, 2008 to March 25, 2013.

References

Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan Wikipedia