Pervez Khattak

Early life and education

Pervez Khattak born to Hastam Khan Khattak on 1 January 1950 at village Manki Sharif in Nowshera. He is the uncle (chachu) of Adil khan khattak .He belongs to the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns. Pervez Khattak received his early in manki sharif primary school and later at the Aitchison College, Lahore. After doing Senior Cambridge from Aitchison,Khattak went to Gordon College, Rawalpindi for his graduation. He had also worked as political worker of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Pervez Khattak married twice is father of three sons and two daughters. His eldest son Ishaq Khattak, after completing his education, is managing the company that his grandfather had established before the creation of Pakistan. His other two sons Ibrahim Khan Khattak and Ismail Khan Khattak are receiving education in United Kingdom.

Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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.

Relations with the federal government

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.

Security and terrorism policy

Khattak favours peace talks with the Taliban, but should they fail he is prepared to look at alternative options simultaneously, Khattak has set up an anti-terrorism force

Khattak's government has been combatting drugs smugglers as well, many were arrested in raids across Peshawar They also defused bombs very often and imposed curfews in sensitive areas

Judiciary

Khattak supported the judiciary of his province, rather than confronting it like the previous government. The mobile court is used to dispense justice and mediate between disputes The courts during his term have completed several achievements in favour of human rights Khattak and the judiciary have common cause in rooting out corruption from the province

Investigations into corruption

Khattak requested the Supreme Court to take notice of an alleged corruption scandal between the Awami National Party and the US administration in which the ANP accepted US$35 million from US government as alleged by former ANP leader Azam Hoti

Electricity policy

Khattak has a 10-year hydro electric plan which he will implement across the province He has also approved energy conservation plans He's also campaigning to prevent electricity theft in the province which he's ruling Pervez Khattak Govt. announced to build 350 numbers mini-micro hydel power projects for the small villages and later seeing the success of the project increased the numbers to 1000 mini-micro hydel projects . The electricity price is as less as PKR 2–5 per unit (US$0.02–0.05/kWh).

Healthcare

Aside from anti-polio campaigns, the Khattak administration introduced drives to increase breast cancer awareness The Pervez Khattak led KP government also launched,the first of its kind public sector facility in the country, a social health insurance programme for the underprivileged of the province. Through these insurance cards, the disadvantaged will be able to receive medical assistance at both private and public hospitals across the province free of cost.

Security policy

Nonetheless, he takes a hardline against drone strikes, viewing them as extending extremism and has threatened to block NATO supply lines if drone strikes continue and the Federal Government refuses to prevent them Following 2 November Drone Strike, a day before peace talks were due to start with the Taliban, Khattak affirmed that he would indeed use his power to push for the blocking of NATO supply lines