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Party has announced Omar Ayub Khan as its pick for PM, and Mian Aslam Iqbal and Ali Amin Gandapur for Punjab and KP CMs, respectively.<\/p>\n
With post-election deal-making in high gear, all parties are weighing their options, and the PTI is no different.<\/p>\n
After a flurry of meetings with its imprisoned founder Imran Khan throughout the week, the party recently disclosed its picks for the slots of the prime minister as well as chief ministers of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n
Omar Ayub Khan has come forth as the contender for the premiership, whereas Mian Muhammad Aslam has been nominated as the chief minister of Punjab and Ali Amin Gandapur for the same position in KP.<\/p>\n
Here, Dawn.com<\/em> takes a look at the trio handpicked by the PTI leadership for the coveted positions.<\/p>\n Omar, the grandson of former president Field Marshal Ayub Khan, hails from the Haripur district in KP\u2019s Hazara region and is presently serving as the PTI secretary general.<\/p>\n Omar has a political career stretching over two decades, during which he has been associated with three major political parties \u2014 PML-N, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and now PTI.<\/p>\n According to a brief profile<\/a> published by the Board of Investment (BoI), Omar attained his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from George Washington University in 1993 and 1996, respectively. In 2007, he was recognised as one of the Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n Born on January 26, 1970, Omar entered the Parliament for the first time during the 2002 elections and served<\/a> as the state minister for finance in ex-premier Shaukat Aziz\u2019s cabinet.<\/p>\n In 2008, he ran for the elections on a PML-Q ticket from Haripur\u2019s NA-19 constituency but was defeated by PML-N\u2019s Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq.<\/p>\n Months before the 2013 general elections, Omar switched allegiance and joined the PML-N. However, he once again lost<\/a> to PTI\u2019s Dr Raja Amir Zaman.<\/p>\n Omar Ayub Khan<\/h2>\n