occupation birth_place party order term_start article_title name otherparty alma_mater
public servant kohat , north-west frontier province , west-pakistan awami national party pakistan province for the pakistan senate president of the avami national senator party-general secretariat of khyber-pakhtunkhwa province of the kohat division of the khyber-pakhtunkhwa 15 april 2009 9 march 2011 afrasiab khattak
 afrasiab khattak افراسياب خٹک communist party of pakistan peshawar university
afrasiab khattak

afrasiab khattak or -lrb- , urdu : افراسياب خٹک ; also spelled as afrasayab khattak -rrb- is a left-wing politician from the state of pakistan , currently serving as the senator , representing the kohat division of the khyber-pakhtunkhwa province for the pakistan senate .
inspired by the russian communist party , khattak joined pro-soviet communist party , later joined the socialist party , the awami national party in 1980 .
he is the president of the avami national party 's central secretariat based in khyber-pakhtunkhwa province and as well as chairman of the special standing committee senate .
khattak started his political activism in the 1970s , but escaped to soviet union to divert the effects of great purge authorised by far-right wing regime of general zia-ul-haq .
in the 1980s , he took asylum in afghanistan soviet republic , serving as the top adviser to the soviet government in the matters of afghanistan .
after the fall of kabul , khattak settled back to pakistan and founded the afghanistan pakistan people 's friendship association in 2001 .
in 2002 , khattak was appointed as the president of human rights commission of pakistan -lrb- hrcp -rrb- .
in 2006 , khattak joined the awami national party and currently serving its senator to the senate secretariat .
