Gulzar Khan (politician)
{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gulzar Khan
| image = Gulzar Khan.jpg
| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start = 1 June 2013
| term_end = 28 August 2017
| constituency = NA-4 (Peshawar-IV)
| majority = 55,134
| predecessor = Arbab Muhammad Zahir
| successor = Arbab Amir Ayub
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = 28 August 2017
| death_place = Peshawar, Pakistan
| party = Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ({{small|2013-2014}})
| nationality = Pakistani
| native_name = {{nq|گلزار خان}}
| children = Shandana Gulzar
}}
Gulzar Khan ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|گلزار خان}}}}) (died 28 August 2017) was a Pakistani bureaucrat-turned-politician who had been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to August 2017.
Political career
Khan as bureaucrat served as Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar, Political Agent for South and North Waziristan and Commissioner for Afghan refugees.{{cite news|title=MNA Gulzar Khan passes away|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/226814-MNA-Gulzar-Khan-passes-away|accessdate=30 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|date=29 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830064755/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/226814-MNA-Gulzar-Khan-passes-away|archivedate=30 August 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Chaudhry|first1=Fahad|title=Dissident PTI lawmaker Gulzar Khan passes away|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1354481/dissident-pti-lawmaker-gulzar-khan-passes-away|work=DAWN.COM|date=28 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828183735/https://www.dawn.com/news/1354481/dissident-pti-lawmaker-gulzar-khan-passes-away|archivedate=28 August 2017}} He also had been the home secretary for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Tribal Affairs Department and chairman of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission.
Khan joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) before the 2013 Pakistani general election{{cite news|title='Angry' PTI MNAs opposed to resignation form group|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1127403|accessdate=13 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 August 2014|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063506/https://www.dawn.com/news/1127403|archivedate=14 March 2017}} and was allocated the party ticket to contest the 2013 general election from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV).{{cite news |title=PTI list of candidates |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/537546/pti-list-of-candidates/ |accessdate=20 July 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=19 April 2013}} He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-4 (Peshawar-IV) in 2013 general election.{{cite news|title=PTI wins two more NA seats from Peshawar|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/547822/pti-wins-two-more-na-seats-from-peshawar/|accessdate=19 December 2015|publisher=Express Tribune|date=11 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112050/http://tribune.com.pk/story/547822/pti-wins-two-more-na-seats-from-peshawar/|archivedate=22 December 2015}}{{cite news|title=Pakistan General Elections 2013 - Detailed results|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1026929|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303201624/https://www.dawn.com/news/1026929|archivedate=3 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Higher voter turnout seen in Peshawar|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011299|accessdate=13 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=14 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063509/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011299|archivedate=14 March 2017}} He received 55,134 votes and defeated Nasir Khan Musazai, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}
In 2014, Khan was elected as a chairman of a group which consisted of 13 PTI's members of the National Assembly who opposed a PTI call to resign from the National Assembly during the Azadi march. He had quit the PTI and stopped attending the party meetings afterwards. In 2014, Imran Khan asked for disqualification of Khan from the membership of the National Assembly for violating party's discipline.{{cite news|title=Imran disowns dissident PTI MNAs|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1134603|accessdate=17 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 September 2014|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318084652/https://www.dawn.com/news/1134603|archivedate=18 March 2017}} However, his National Assembly membership was not revoked after Khan refused to quit his National Assembly seat over a difference of opinion as part of a normal democratic process.
During his tenure as member of the National Assembly, he served as chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Education, Training and Standards in Higher Education.{{cite news|title=Direct talks with TTP: Gulzar Khan to represent PTI on new committee - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/681309/direct-talks-with-ttp-gulzar-khan-to-represent-pti-on-new-committee/|accessdate=13 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=11 March 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314152434/https://tribune.com.pk/story/681309/direct-talks-with-ttp-gulzar-khan-to-represent-pti-on-new-committee/|archivedate=14 March 2017}}
He died on 28 August 2017 after suffering from cardiac arrest in his native town, Masho Gogar in Badaber.{{cite news|title=PTI MNA Gulzar Khan passes away|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/155617-pti-mna-gulzar-khan-passes-away|accessdate=28 August 2017|work=www.geo.tv|date=28 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828074500/https://www.geo.tv/latest/155617-pti-mna-gulzar-khan-passes-away|archivedate=28 August 2017}}{{cite news|title=Dissident PTI's lawmaker Gulzar Khan passes away|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/dissident-ptis-lawmaker-gulzar-khan-passes-away/|accessdate=28 August 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|date=28 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828082650/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/dissident-ptis-lawmaker-gulzar-khan-passes-away/|archivedate=28 August 2017}}