Azam Khan Swati محمد اعظم خان سواتی | |
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Chief of Swatis | |
![]() Muhammad Azam Khan Swat in 2018 | |
Minister of Narcotics Control and Railways | |
In office 6 April 2020 – 10 April 2022 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Imran Khan |
Succeeded by | Shahzain Bugti |
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
In office 18 April 2019 – 6 April 2020 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Deputy | Ali Muhammad Khan |
Preceded by | Ijaz Shah |
In office 31 March 2008 – 10 December 2010 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
Succeeded by | Ishfaq Ahmad |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 12 March 2018 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
Constituency | General seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
In office 22 March 2003 – 17 December 2011 | |
President | Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
Constituency | General seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Personal details | |
Born | Mansehra, NWFP, Pakistan (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) | 22 June 1956
Citizenship | Pakistani American (renounced)[1] |
Political party | PTI (2011–present) |
Other political affiliations | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (2002–2011) |
Relatives | Laiq Muhammad Khan (brother) Khan Haji Faqeera Khan Swati (Maternal Grandfather) |
Alma mater | University of Peshawar University of Karachi University of Houston |
Profession | Politician Lawyer Businessman |
Muhammad Azam Khan Swati (Urdu, Pashto: محمد اعظم خان سواتی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Narcotics Control and Railways from 2020 to 2022. He is the elected senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[2] He belongs to Swati tribe of Mansehra.
Swati, during his stay in the United States, owned a chain of stores, was a member of Pakistani American Congress, played important role in high-profile charity events.
He joined the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 2002 and became a senator in 2003 but resigned in 2011 and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[3] In 2018, he was again elected as a senator on PTI's ticket.[4] He has served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 18 April 2019 to 6 April 2020 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.