Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai


Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (Pashto: عبدالصمد خان اڅکزی) was a Pashtun nationalist political leader from South Pashtunkhwa. Samad Khan was the founder and head of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party.

Samad Khan, known as "Khan-I-Azam" was an active Pashtun nationalist. He was repeatedly imprisoned both during the Raj and the Pakistani government for 'secessionist activities'. During the Indian Independence Movement, he was a member of the Congress party in the Baluchistan area of British India, and campaigned for Pashtun autonomy in a united India, along with Ghaffar Khan in the North-West Frontier Province. He was a member of the Baluchistan Provincial Assembly at the time of his assassination in December 1973. After Samad Khan's death, his son Mahmood Khan Achakzai became the chairman of the party.[1]

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