predecessor death_date death_place birth_place religion title party profession birth_date term_start residence image article_title term_end name
wali khan asfandyar wali 7 february 2010 peshawar , khyber-pakhtunkhwa , pakistan akora khattak , khyber-pakhtunkhwa , india islam president awami national party national -rrb- awami party , awami national party -lrb- anp poet , politician , writer 15 september 1925 1991 akora khattak , nowshera , khyber-pakhtunkhwa ajmal khattak baba.jpg ajmal khattak
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ajmal khattak

ajmal khattak -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 15 september 1925 -- 7 february 2010 -rrb- was a pakistani politician , writer , pashtun poet , khudai khidmatgar , former president of awami national party and close friend of the late khan wali khan .
his early student life was marked by active protests against the british raj , which was followed by his joining of the khudai khidmatgar movement and anti-colonial pashto poetry .
following the independence of pakistan in 1947 .
he joined the national awami party and became a close friend of abdul wali khan .
he served as secretary general of the national awami party from 1969 -- 1973 .
he was defeated by abdul haq in the 1970 general election , however following a crackdown against the party by the government of zulfiqar ali bhutto , ajmal khattak fled into exile to kabul .
he returned in 1986 and was elected in 1990 to the national assembly of pakistan , he was then elected president of the awami national party following the retirement of wali khan .
following a power struggle in 2000 , he briefly formed a breakaway party which was routed in the 2002 election .
he rejoined the awami national party shortly afterwards and retired from active politics .
