Ali Asghar Khan
Ali Asghar Khan (Urdu) is a Pakistani architect and politician who is a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. Additionally, Ali is the Provincial General Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and founding partner of Design Group Practice in Islamabad. He is the youngest child of Air Marshal Asghar Khan.
Ali Asghar Khan

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- Name
- Ali Asghar Khan
- Birthplace
- Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Education
- Abbottabad Public School University of Greenwich
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Occupation
- politician · architect · human rights defender
- Languages
- Urdu
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Ali Asghar Khan (Urdu) is a Pakistani architect and politician who is a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 29 February 2024. Additionally, Ali is the Provincial General Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and founding partner of Design Group Practice in Islamabad. He is the youngest child of Air Marshal Asghar Khan.
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• Name — Ali Asghar Khan • Birthplace — Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan • Office — Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan • Term Start — 29 February 2024 • Constituency — NA-16 Abbottabad-I • Office1 — Executive Director Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation • Term Start1 — March 2003 • Office2 — Founding Partner Design Group Practice • Term Start2 — January 1990 • Party — PTI (2014-present) • Education — Abbottabad Public School University of Greenwich • Father — Asghar Khan • Relatives — Omar Asghar Khan (brother)
Early life and education
Early life and education
Ali Asghar Khan was born in 1958, into an Afridi Pashtun family and is the youngest child of Air Marshal Asghar Khan and Amina Shamsie. Ali has two older sisters, Nasreen and Shireen, and had an older brother, Omar Asghar Khan, who died mysteriously in 2002 during Musharraf's tenure. Ali attended the Abbottabad Public School from 1969 to 1974.
Personal life
Personal life
Ali married fellow Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member Maliha Khan, of Hazara descent, in January 2015.
Architecture career
Architecture career
After obtaining his degree in Architecture from Greenwich University, Ali was elected as a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and began working with the Department of Architecture & Planning, London Borough of Hackney. After a few years, Ali returned to Pakistan and joined Lari Associates in Karachi. Ali started his own practice, Design Unit, which managed a big portfolio of diverse projects including educational institutes, residential and commercial buildings. Afterwards, in collaboration with architect Samar Ali Khan, he set up the partnership firm Design Group Practice in January 1990.
Political career
Political career
Ali Asghar Khan is a senior member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He contested the 2002 Pakistani general election from NA-17 Abbottabad-I as a candidate of Qaumi Jamhoori Party, but was unsuccessful. He received 4,687 votes and was defeated Amanullah Khan Jadoon, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)). He contested a 2014 by-election from PK-45 Abbottabad-II as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but was unsuccessful. He received 23,597 votes and was defeated by Sardar Muhammad Farid Khan Abbasi, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-15 Abbottabad-I as a candidate of PTI, but was unsuccessful. He received 81,845 votes and was defeated by Murtaza Javed Abbasi, a candidate of PML(N). He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-16 Abbottabad-I as a PTI-backed Independent candidate. He received 105,300 votes while runner up Murtaza Javed Abbasi, a candidate of PML(N), received 86,621 votes.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Institutional cataloguing adds that ali Asghar Khan is recorded with the occupation politician. Recorded with the occupation architect. Institutional cataloguing adds that ali Asghar Khan is recorded with the occupation human rights defender. It is also recorded that ali Asghar Khan is recorded as a citizen of Pakistan. Institutional cataloguing adds that ali Asghar Khan is recorded with the gender male. Born in Karachi.
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Ali Asghar Khan was born at Karachi.
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- 1.Design Group Practice (DGP) Architecture and Planning.
- 2.Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News. 112. 1966.
- 3.RIP Amina Asghar Khan — Mother of PAF. 3 September 2023.
- 4.After party chief, two more PTI leaders enter wedlock. 19 January 2015.
- 5.Ali Asghar Khan.
- 6.Leadership: Ali Asghar Khan. 27 July 2017.
- 7.Election Commission of Pakistan. Constituency wise detailed Result-General Elections 2002.
- 8.Javed, Rashid. PK-45 defeat exposes rift in PTI. DAWN.COM. 2014-06-08.
- 9.Election Results 2018: LIVE. The News International. 2018-07-27.
- 10.NA-16 - Abbottabad 1. Dunya News. 9 February 2024.
- 11.Election NA-16 Abbottabad 1. Geo News. 11 February 2024.
- 12.PTI-backed Ali Asghar Khan wins NA-16 seat from Abbottabad I. 9 February 2024.
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