Shehryar Afridi
Shehryar Khan Afridi is a Pakistani politician who served as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir, in office from 13 May 2020 to April 2022. He served as the Minister of State for Interior from 31 August 2018 to 18 April 2019. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served as a member from August 2018 till January 2023 and June 2013 to May 2018. He also served as the Minister of State for [Ministry of Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|States and Frontier Regions] from 18 April 2019 until 25 September 2020. He was also given an additional charge of the Ministry of Narcotics Control after the death of Ali Mohammad Mahar.
He resigned from National Assembly of Pakistan on order of Imran Khan on 10 April 2022.
Early life and education
Afridi was born on 12 March 1971 into a Pashtun family of the Afridi tribe.A native of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, his father Nadir Shah Afridi served as a district counsellor and later became a member of parliament, while one of his brothers, Major Tariq Javed, worked in the bureaucracy following his retirement from the armed forces.
He received a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Peshawar.
In May 2020, Afridi tested positive for COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan.
Professional career
Before entering politics, Afridi worked for a multinational company in Germany.Political career
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Afridi ran for the seat of National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-14 (Kohat) in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 12,083 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.Afridi was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Constituency NA-14 in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 68,129 votes and defeated a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-32 (Kohat) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 82,248 votes and defeated Gohar Mohammad Khan Bangash, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.