Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb is the heir apparent to the pretender

Pretender

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ship of the former Swat princely state. He is the son of Miangul Aurangzeb

Miangul Aurangzeb

Miangul Aurangzeb, the last Wali Ahad of Swat State, was born May 28, 1928 in Saidu Sharif. He has served in the National Assembly of Pakistan as well as the Governor of Balochistan and later as Governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa....

 and grandson of Miangul Jahan Zeb

Miangul Jahan Zeb

Miangul Jahan Zeb formally Miangul Abdul-Haqq Jahan Zeb was a father of five, ruler of the princely state of Swat currently part of Pakistan and formally titled the Wāli. He served as the Wāli of Swat between 1949 and 1969, taking over from his father, Miangul Abdul Wadud...

 the last royal ruler of Swat.

Education

He graduated from Aitchison College

Aitchison College

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, an elite Pakistani secondary school. He is a professional electrical engineer who studied in the United States

United States

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 at Northeastern University in Boston

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. He has served in the Pakistani parliament as a member of parliament

Member of Parliament

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 in 2004 till 2008. He is married to his cousin Zainab Ayub Khan, the daughter of Capt. Gohar Ayub Khan

Gohar Ayub Khan

Gohar Ayub Khan is a Pakistani politician and a son of the late Pakistani dictator, President General Ayub Khan. A Tareen/Tarin Afghan/Pathan, he was born in village Rehana, Haripur, Hazara region. Khan studied at Army Burn Hall College, Abbottabad, and Saint Mary's Academy, Rawalpindi,...

 and granddaughter of President of Pakistan

President of Pakistan

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 Field Marshal Ayub Khan.

Humanitarian Service

He and his wife Zainab are currently active in assistance to refugees near Islamabad from the states which were under his grandfather's dominion: Swat, Buner

Buner

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 and Shangla. There are also efforts by the family in assistance to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

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 with fundraising and delivery. The family are now involved in helping organize support of the reconstruction of hospitals and schools.

Career as an Electrical Engineer

Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb is currently working towards the construction of the Kohala

Kohala

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 Dam in Kashmir

Kashmir

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 with a Chinese

China

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–Pakistan

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i consortium. The consortium has expressed interest in bidding for the development of windfarms in the family's former dominion.

Economic and Social Development

There are also plans to promote the area as a textile production center; the area produces silk

Silk

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 and has workshops finishing pashmina

Pashmina

Pashmina refers to a type of fine cashmere wool and the textiles made from it. The name comes from Pashmineh , made from Persian pashm . The wool comes from changthangi or pashmina goat, which is a special breed of goat indigenous to high altitudes of the Himalayas in Nepal, Pakistan and northern...

 woolen shawls, curtains and blankets. There are now ongoing discussions for the creation of a Royal Swat Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative dispute resolution

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 and a system of Lok Adalat

Lok Adalat

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to assist in the relief of the backlog in the Swat civil administrations courts.