Khalid Ibrahim Khan

Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan
سردار خالد ابراہیم خان
Personal details
Born(1947-11-05)5 November 1947
Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir
Died4 November 2018(2018-11-04) (aged 70)
[Islamabad], Pakistan
NationalityPakistani, Kashmiri
Political partyJammu Kashmir Peoples Party
RelationsSardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (Founder president of Azad Kashmir) (Father)
Masood Khan (President of Azad Kashmir in 2021) (Cousin)
ResidenceIslamabad, Pakistan
ProfessionPolitician

Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan (5 November 1948 – 4 November 2018) was a Kashmiri politician. He was a member of AJK legislative assembly and the President of Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party.[1][2]

He was the son of the founder and first president of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan.[3]

Early life and career

Khalid Ibrahim Khan was born on 5 November 1948 in Kot Mattay Khan near Rawalakot.[1][4] His family belongs to the Sudhan tribe. Khalid started his political career affiliated with Pakistan Peoples Party in the late 1970s. He was known to be a straightforward and candid person and did not shy away from having differences with the top leadership of his political party, including with Benazir Bhutto. At times, he paid a political price for it by being ignored by the party's top leadership.[1] As a result, he and his supporters formed their own party by the name of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party to contest elections.[1][4]

Death

Khan died on 4 November 2018, aged 69 from a brain hemorrhage. Among the survivors were his wife, two sons and two daughters.[5][1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tariq Naqash (5 November 2018). "Kashmiri leader Sardar Ibrahim (Sardar Khalid Ibrahim) passes away". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ Political Handbook of the World 2015.
  3. ^ Schofield, Victoria (30 May 2010). Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857730787.
  4. ^ a b c Sardar Khalid Ibrahim passes away The News International (newspaper), Published 5 November 2018, Retrieved 26 January 2021
  5. ^ "JKPP chief Sardar Khalid Ibrahim passes away". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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