Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra | |
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Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance | |
In office 29 August 2018 – 18 January 2023 | |
Chief Minister | Mahmood Khan |
Preceded by | Muzafar Said |
Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Health | |
In office 5 February 2020 – 18 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Shahram Khan |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023 | |
Constituency | PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) |
Personal details | |
Born | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 9 November 1977
Political party | PTI (2018-present) |
Relatives |
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (grandfather)
[1] [1] Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra (grandfather) [1] Iftikhar Khan Jhagra (uncle) |
Alma mater |
London Business School (MBA) Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (B.S) |
Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra (born 9 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance and Health, in office since 29 August 2018 till 18 January 2023. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 till January 2023.
Jhagra was born on 9 November 1977 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [2] He is the son of retired federal secretary Mohammad Saleem Khan Jhagra, nephew of late PPP leader and provincial minister Iftikhar Jhagra and grandson of two influential personalities hailing from the province; Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra, who was a leading figure in the Pakistan movement, and one of the most respected political personalities in the then North West Frontier Province (NWFP); and of Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the influential bureaucrat who served as President of Pakistan between 1988 and 1993. [3]
Jhagra received his primary education in Peshawar, at the PAF (Pakistan Air Force) Degree College School, and his secondary education at The New School Rome, Italy. After completing his pre-engineering studies, also from the PAF Degree College Peshawar, Jhagra graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology [2] followed by an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the London Business School in 2008. [4]
Jhagra began his political career after quitting his job as partner at McKinsey & Company. [1]
In January 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [1] Following which he was allocated PTI ticket to contest the 2018 general election from Constituency PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) despite stiff opposition from within PTI. [5] [6] It was noted that at-least 33 PTI workers had applied for a ticket for Constituency PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) many of which were locals but PTI decided to allocate the ticket to Jhagra, who is relatively unknown in the constituency. [4]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PK-73 (Peshawar-VIII) in the 2018 general election. [7] He received 15,449 votes and defeated Aman Ullah, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal. [8]
On 29 August 2018, he was inducted into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance. [9]
On February 5, 2020, he was also given the additional portfolio of Health. [10]
Across health and finance, he has been appreciated for the breadth and depth of reform carried out, which has helped bring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a small province, into the limelight as the province leading on reform in the country. [11] [12]