Today’s Important Political Personality

Haji Khanzada Khan


Former Senator Khanzada Khan’s family was a supporter of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto during the 1970s. His brother, Jalal Khan, was elected as a PPP Member of the Provincial Assembly during the 1977 electoral process.


Khanzada Khan is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2015 to October 2019. Earlier, he also served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013. Since joining the party, Khan has remained an active member and has served the nation with great dedication.


He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Al-Khair University in 2003.


Khanzada Khan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1993 general elections as a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate from NA-6 (Mardan-I). He secured 38,525 votes and defeated Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Muhammad Thanir Khan.


In the 2008 general elections, he was again elected to the National Assembly as a PPP candidate from NA-11 (Mardan-III). He received 20,896 votes and defeated Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) candidate Taj-ul-Amin Jabal.


In the 2013 general elections, he contested the National Assembly seat from NA-11 (Mardan-III) as a PPP candidate but was unsuccessful. He secured 23,619 votes and was defeated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Mujahid Ali.


Khanzada Khan was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in the 2015 Senate elections as a PPP candidate. He resigned from the Senate on October 30, 2019. Following his resignation, his son, Zeeshan Khan Zakzada, was elected to the Senate on a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ticket from the vacated seat.


Zeeshan Khan Zakzada has since emerged as a highly active young political figure.