Aftab Alam Afridi | |
Office: | Provincial Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Term Start: | 7 March 2024 |
Party: | PTI (2010-present) |
Birth Place: | Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Office2: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Termstart2: | 28 February 2024 |
Aftab Alam Afridi is a Pakistani politician from the Kohat District. He is currently serving as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since February 2024.[1] He is also currently the Provincial Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights in the Gandapur ministry.
He was born on 1 January, 1984 in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He received a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B) Degree from the University of Peshawar and became a lawyer by profession.
He entered politics in 2010 as a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He contested the 2024 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election as a PTI-backed Independent candidate from PK-90 Kohat-I.[2] [3] Following this, he was inducted into the Gandapur ministry as Provincial Minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights.
He has inaugurated two projects including a girls primary school and the Shadikhel-Mandakhel-Kamalkhel Road as provincial minister. He also emphasized the importance of women in education.[4] As law minister, Aftab Alam announced that a letter had been sent by him and the cabinet to the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to enact a judicial probe into the May 9 incidents.[5]