Omar Ayub
Omar Ayub | |
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| عمر ایوب | |
Ayub in 2024 | |
| 12th Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan) | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Raja Riaz |
| Federal Minister for Economic Affairs | |
| In office 17 April 2021 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Khusro Bakhtiar |
| Federal Minister for Petroleum | |
| In office 18 April 2019 – 17 April 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Sarwar Khan |
| Succeeded by | Hammad Azhar |
| Federal Minister for Power | |
| In office 11 September 2018 – 17 April 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Awais Leghari (Federal Minister) Abid Sher Ali (State Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Hammad Azhar |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
| Constituency | NA-18 Haripur |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-17 (Haripur) |
| In office January 2014 – June 2015 | |
| Constituency | NA-19 (Haripur) |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Constituency | NA-19 (Haripur) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1970 Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Political party | PTI (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PMLN (2012–2018) PPML (2009–2012) PML-Q (2001–2009) PMLN (1993–2001) |
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| Relatives | Ayub Khan (grandfather) Yousuf Ayub Khan (cousin) Arshad Ayub Khan (cousin) Akbar Ayub Khan (cousin) |
Omar Ayub Khan (Urdu: عمر ایوب خان; born 26 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition. He was the last Federal Minister for Economic Affairs under the Prime Ministership of Imran Khan from April 2021 until April 2022. He previously served as Federal Minister for Energy from 11 September 2018 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan and the son of Gohar Ayub Khan, who was also a politician. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007. He has served as Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since he assumed the role on 27 May 2023. He resigned from the position on 4 September 2024 and his resignation was accepted by Imran Khan on 7 September.