Early life

He was born on June 2, 1927 in Khunda

Khunda, Punjab

Khunda is a village in Jand Tehsil, Attock District, located 70 km north of Islamabad on the Fatehjang–Kohat Road.- References :* http://www.nrb.gov.pk* http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=2&dn=Attock...

, a small village in Attock District

Attock District

Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...

. His father, Malik Khaki Jan, was a landlord of the area given the title of Khan Bahadur by the British government. His mother, Bibi Beherawar Sultan, was the daughter of a Muslim Barrister from N.W.F.P Mufti Fida Muhammad Khan. He had five siblings, four brothers and a sister.

Education

He was educated at Gordon College, Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

 and Zamindar College, Gujrat

Gujrat

Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...

. He has the distinction of being the champion in an all Pakistan debating championship. While in college, he became interested in politics and was a senior member of the Muslim Students Federation. He held long marches against the Cripps' mission

Cripps' mission

The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II...

 and was imprisoned for a period of six months. He did his LLB from Law College, Lahore. He was married on January 28, 1950 to Bibi Miluk Bano, daughter of Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan. After completing his studies he set up his practice in Campbellpur (present day Attock

Attock

Attock is a city located in the northern border of the Punjab province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Attock District...

).

Politics

Malik Allahyar Khan entered politics in 1956 when he contested and won the district council election. He participated in various youth conferences around the world.

He became the Minister for railways and Jail in 1964 representing West Pakistan

West Pakistan

West Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...

, a post which he held until 1969. The 1970s were a difficult period as the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto did not favor those who were major landowners.

The 1980s heralded a new beginning as Malik Allahyar was nominated for the post of Punjab Chief Minister which was however given to Mian Nawaz Sharif on the insistence of the than Governor Punjab, Gen. (Rtd) Ghulam Jillani. He was than given the post of the provincial Minister for Social Security. His aim was the welfare of the masses and thus he set up the department of Social Security to provide relief to the downtrodden.

In his later years he contested the National Assembly elections in 1987, 1993, 2002 winning in 1993 and 2002. He ran for the post of District Nazim Attock which he lost by only two votes. Late he contested the National Assembly elections which he won with a landslide victory.

His past led him towards being nominated for the prestigious post of the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee. He spoke against the sugar scandal and other issues that the then-current government was having.

Death

He was diagnosed with cancer in 2007. He died on April 5, 2008 at the age of 81 at Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi and buried in his native graveyard of Khunda village near Fatehjang District Attock. Nowadays his son Malik Aitbar Khan is an elected Member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly.

External links

• http://www.elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=435
• http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/06/nat10.htm