Inayatullah Khan Gandapur

Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur (Urdu: سردار عنایت اللہ خان گنڈا پور‎; 27 August 1919 – 29 April 2005) was a Pakistani politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He was born on August 27, 1919, in Kulachi Tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan District. Elected to the provincial assembly in the 1970 elections, he served as finance minister from 1972 to 1973 under the coalition government of Mufti Mehmood.

Inayatullah Khan Gandapur

Minister
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
29 April 1973 – 16 February 1975
Preceded byMufti Mahmud
Succeeded byNasrullah Khan Khattak
Minister for Finance and Statistics
In office
1972–1973
Personal details
Born(1919-08-27)27 August 1919
Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan District
Died29 April 2005(2005-04-29) (aged 85)
Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan District
NationalityPakistani
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e Islam
Pakistan Peoples Party
ChildrenIsrar Ullah Khan Gandapur
Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur
Sardar Inam Ullah Khan
OccupationPolitician

After the resignation of the provincial government in 1973, he defected to the Pakistan Peoples Party. He was the Chief Minister of the province from 29 April 1973 to 16 February 1975.[1]

He was dismissed as Chief Minister unceremoniously following the assassination of Hayat Sherpao.[2]

He died on 29 April 2005, leaving three sons, Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur a politician, Sardar Inam Ullah Khan (Deputy Director of Federal Investigation Agency Islamabad), and Sardar Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur. Sardar Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur (1975-2013) was assassinated on 16 October 2013 on Eid-day when greeting public in his house. Sardar Israr Ullah Khan, including 10 others died due to this blast. He was buried on 17 October in Dera Ismail Khan.[3] Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur was killed in a suicide attack on 22 July, 2018 while heading to a political convention. [4]

References
  1. nwfp.gov.pk
  2. Babar, Farhatullah (4 April 2000). "Reminiscences of His Frontier Visits". Pakistan Peoples Party. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  3. Daily Jang Newspaper online edition, 16 and 17 October
  4. "PTI candidate Ikramullah Gandapur killed in suicide attack in DI Khan". DAWN.COM. 22 July 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by
Mufti Mahmud		 Chief Ministers of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
1973–1975		 Succeeded by
Nasrullah Khan Khattak


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