Sajid Nawaz

Khan was born on 25 March 1975^[1] to politician Haji Mohammad Nawaz.^[2]

He holds a degree of Master of Business Administration.^[2]

He joined politics after the death of his father Haji Mohammad Nawaz.^[2]

Khan ran for the seat of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as an independent candidate from Constituency PK-07 (Peshawar-VII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.^[2] He secured 2,038 and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.^[3]

Khan later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and was awarded a PTI ticket to run in the 2013 Pakistani general election despite opposition from the PTI chapter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[2] He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-3 (Peshawar-III) in June 2013 election.^[4][5][6] He secured 66,528 votes and defeated Haji Ghulam Ali.^[7]