Jamshed Burki
Jamshed Burki was a popular Political Agent in the Khyber Agency and North-West Frontier Province Home Secretary in the Home and Tribal Affairs Department. He started his career in the Civil Service after retiring from the Pakistan Army as a Captain. His first posting was as Commissioner of Swat and he eventually became the Interior Secretary Gov of Pakistan Interior Minister of Pakistan and was responsible for the Hostage Release from the Afghan Embassy.[1] As Interior Secretary he oversaw Operation Clean-up in Karachi which was launched to control the MQM Crime wave. He was also the Secretary Islamabad Club Islamabad 1990-1993.
Upon retirement he has been actively involved in Pakistan's affairs via the Ex-Servicmen's association who publicly came out against the rule of military dictator Pervez Musharraf.[2]
He has been involved in Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga to help calm the situation down in the Tribal Areas.[3]
He is the brother of Javed Burki and Cousin of Majid Khan and Imran Khan, the current founder/leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) political party. He has one son, who resides in Saudi Arabia, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) by profession..
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- Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022)
- Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (1996–2023)
- Member of Parliament (2002–2007; 2013–2023)
- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
- 2014 Tsunami March
- Go Nawaz Go
- Inqilab March
- Ihtisab March
- 2018 Pakistani general election
- 2022 Azadi march
- 2022 Azadi March-II
- Attempted assassination
- Al-Qadir Trust case
- Jemima Goldsmith (first wife, divorced)
- Reham Khan (second wife, divorced)
- Bushra Bibi (third wife, current)
- Ahmed Raza (uncle)
- Wajid Ali Khan Burki (uncle)
- Jahangir Khan (uncle)
- Humayun Zaman (uncle)
- Babar Zaman (cousin)
- Ijaz Khan (cousin)
- Bilal Omer Khan (cousin)
- Hafeez Ullah Niazi (cousin)
- Inamullah Niazi (cousin)
- Najeebullah Khan Niazi (cousin)
- Jamshed Burki (cousin)
- Javed Burki (cousin)
- Majid Khan (cousin)
- Asad Jahangir (cousin)
- Sanaullah Khan Niazi (cousin)
- Amin Ullah Khan (cousin)
- Zahid Ali Akbar Khan (cousin)
- Sherandaz Khan (cousin)
- Bazid Khan (nephew)
- Kamran Khan (nephew)
- Pets
- Pakistan: A Personal History