Azam Swati
Azam Khan Swati محمد اعظم خان سواتی | |
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| Chief of Swatis | |
Muhammad Azam Khan Swati in 2018 | |
| Minister of Narcotics Control and Railways | |
| In office 6 April 2020 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Imran Khan |
| Succeeded by | Shahzain Bugti |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 18 April 2019 – 6 April 2020 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Deputy | Ali Muhammad Khan |
| Preceded by | Ijaz Ahmed Shah |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 10 December 2010 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Succeeded by | Ishfaq Ahmad Khan |
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi Asif Ali Zardari |
| Constituency | General seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| In office 22 March 2003 – 17 December 2011 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
| Constituency | General seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1956 Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani American (renounced) |
| Political party | PTI (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations | JUI (F) (2002–2011) |
| Relatives | Laiq Muhammad Khan (brother) |
| Alma mater | University of Peshawar University of Karachi University of Houston |
| Profession | Politician Lawyer Businessman |
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Muhammad Azam Khan Swati (Urdu, Pashto: محمد اعظم خان سواتی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Narcotics Control and Railways from 2020 to 2022. He is the elected senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He belongs to the Swati tribe of Mansehra.
Early in his life, Swati had moved to the United States to escape political victimization by Zia-ul-Haq because of his democratic activism, where owned a chain of stores, was a member of the Pakistani American Congress and played important role in high-profile charity events, while in parallel practicing law.
Returning to Pakistan, he joined the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in 2002 and became a senator in 2003 but resigned in 2011 and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In 2018, he was again elected as a senator on PTI's ticket. He has served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs from 18 April 2019 to 6 April 2020 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.