Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi was born in Lahore, Pakistan on 5th October, 1952 to Ikramullah Khan Niazi Shermankhel and Shaukat Khanum (Burki clan). He was the only son of the family, and grew up amongst four strong sisters. His educational journey began at Aitchison College and the Cathedral School in Lahore where he finished middle school; and then entered the Royal Grammar School, Worcester, before completing his formal education with an undergraduate degree in Economics, Political Science and History from Keble College, Oxford. While at University, Imran Khan was also the captain of the Oxford University cricket team in 1974. 

Imran Khan went on to become one of the top cricket all rounders in the world, and remained captain of the Pakistan cricket team for 10 years, while... FULL PROFILE

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi is a prominent politician of Pakistan. He is also an agriculturist. Qureshi is the current Senior Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf and holds a top role in the party.

Early Life and Education

Shah Mahmood Qureshi was born on 22 June, 1956 at Murree. He belongs to a noble, religious and political family of Multan. Qureshi received his early education from Aitchison College, Lahore. He received a Bachelor's degree in History from Forman Christian College. Qureshi also received a Master's degree in Law and Politics from University of Cambridge(England). He is married and has 3 children. Qureshi’s father Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain... FULL PROFILE

Dr. Arif Alvi is a politician, dentist and a parliamentarian. He is a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and was the Secretary-General of the party from 2006 till 2013. Dr. Arif Alvi had previously contested the 1997 general elections as a provincial assembly candidate from DHA area and then later again in the 2002 general elections as a National Assembly candidate. In 2013 he was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-250 Karachi. More than 76,000 people who stood up for change voted for him.  This was despite a serious law and order situation, blatant rigging and threats to people not to cast their votes. He is most notable for his election as President of Pakistan in 2018, a position which he served until 2024, having... FULL PROFILE

Gohar Ali Khan is a prominent constitutional lawyer, barrister, politician and a member of PTI since 2022. Imran Khan chose Gohar Ali for the trusted position of Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on December 2, 2023. Prior to this role, Gohar Khan served as the PTI's chief election commissioner from July 15, 2023, until November 30, 2023. As a seasoned attorney, Gohar Khan has provided legal counsel to Imran Khan, as the chair of PTI in various legal matters. He is a skilled barrister and has studied law at many levels in law universities in the United Kingdom. He has represented PTI as chairman in turbulent times. 

He was born born on April 15, 1971, in Buner, Khyber... FULL PROFILE

An advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 1992, Barrister Salman Akram Raja is a seasoned attorney, legal practicioner and one of the top lawyers and core members of PTI. He is experienced in legal practicioning, and law in all levels, primarily constitutional and administrative law. He has represented many clients in cases of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the highest appelate court of the country. He has experience with dispute resolution, including in corporate, taxation, commercial banking, constitutional interpretation and competition law. He has extensive experience in constitutional and administrative law, having received his education from the University of Cambridge, Harvard Law School,  School of... FULL PROFILE

Chaudhry Parvez Elahi is the son of Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi and was born on November 1, 1945. He graduated in 1967 and obtained Diploma in Industrial Management from London. He hails from a distinguished political and industrial family. An industrialist and a veteran politician, who served as Chairman, District Council Gujrat during 1983-84; he has successively been serving as Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and National Assembly of Pakistan since 1985. He joined the PTI in early 2023 and was appointed as President. After he joined the party he was unlwafully jailed in June 2023 on false charges and was held in extremely poor humanitarian conditions without proper medical care in a small cell before he was granted bail and released... FULL PROFILE

Omar Ayub Khan is an experienced politician in Pakistan from Haripur, having served in several governments. He is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly. He is a frontline face in Imran Khan’s fight for justice in Pakistan. Omar Ayub is the son of Gohar Ayub Khan, a seasoned politician, businessman and army officer. He has played a key role in Imran Khan's struggle for rule of law since 2022, as he organized the 2022 Azadi March for freedom and justice in Pakistan and also served as Secretary-General for the party until his resignation. He has been consecutively been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 2002. He is a prominent economist and studied finances and economics from Aitchison College and the George... FULL PROFILE

Dr. Yasmin Rashid is a senior experienced PTI member from Lahore. She contested her election against Nawaz Sharif in the general elections of 2013 and served as a Punjab Assembly member from 2018 to 2023. She joined the party in 2010 and primarily leads the party in Lahore, Central Punjab and across Punjab as a whole. She was the head of PTI Punjab in 2023 and head of PTI Central Punjab between 2022 and 2023. She is very well-respected for her dedication and experience and holds a top role in the party. She is also a cancer survivor. She remains imprisoned after her unlawful arrest in May 2023.

Before entering politics, she was a skilled gynaecologist and doctor. She is well-educated in gynaecology having... FULL PROFILE

A poet whose verses would reflect the innocent late-teens dreams, a debater who would always end his speeches with a hope. An Environmentalist by profession, to this widely known student of University of Peshawar, realities came up as a total surprise with the movement for the restoration of Judiciary in early 2007 and then as a shock with the emergency imposed in November 2007 by -the then President- Musharaf. Murad decided to materialize his words and aimed to fight for the survival of the hope he have been giving via his speeches. 22nd November 2007 was when he started collecting like-minded students under the flag of 'INSAF' in University of Peshawar. The date’ now marked as the Inception Day of Insaf Student Federation. Soon the movement reached every nook and corner of the... FULL PROFILE

A graduate from the SOAS University of London, Hammad Azhar has been a party member since 2011 and has been key in the party's leadership, especially in his home city, Lahore since then. He is currently a top leader in the PTI and is the President of PTI in Punjab. Well-educated in the field of law, Azhar recieved high-level education from the Aitchison College, Wellington College and he recieved degree in law from BPP Law School in the United Kingdom. Due to his skill as a barrister and in law, he was invited to the the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, UK.

He contested in the 2013 election from Lahore against Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmed from the PML (N). Azhar ran from NA-126 (Lahore-IV) in the 2018 elections, and won his seat. Imran Khan appointed him... FULL PROFILE

Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur is a senior politician who is currently serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and has been in office since 2 March 2024. He has been elected a Member of the KPK Assembly for the second time in the 2024 elections. He is a senior member of PTI as he has been a party member for over a decade. He is also the President of PTI in Khyber Pakhtunkwa. As Chief Minister, he enacted the restoration and expansion of the Sehat Insaf Card and began the KP Solar Scheme to bring affordable electricity to a planned 130,000 Pakistanis in Khyber Pakhtunkwa. He has also supported environmental and social reforms including projects to decrease deforestation and poverty. 

Ali Amin Gandapur belongs to a politically active Gandapur tribe of... FULL PROFILE

Azam Swati is a senior PTI member and a prominent senator from Khyber Pakhtunkwa. He has been an active core member of the PTI since 2011 and served as the Minister for Narcotics Control and Minister for Railways in Imran Khan's government. He is notable for his bravery as he underwent immense torture in 2022, in an attempt to make him leave PTI and Imran Khan, though Swati has remained strong.

Swati was born in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and belongs to the Jalangial Alisheri family in the Swati tribe. He is the great grandson of Jageerdar Akbar Khan Swati, the Khan of Gidarpur village in Manshera who was a member of the cabinet of Queen Victoria during the British Colonial era. His maternal grandfather, Khan Sahib Haji Faqeera Khan Swati was... FULL PROFILE

Asad Qaiser is the former speaker of the National Assembly and of the KPK Assembly. He was elected from the Swabi District of KPK and plays a core role in PTI's leadership, having worked alongside Imran Khan. He has also been a key member in party negotiations between PTI and other parties since 2024. He is a top leader in the party and represents it in all forums, in press conferences, the National Assembly, in negotiations and in the leadership structure

Early life and education 

He was born on 15 November 1969 in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He belongs to a very respected family in the village of Marghuz, Swabi District. He received his early education from Government higher secondary school in Marghuz, and later graduated from University of Peshawar... FULL PROFILE

Syed Shibli Faraz is a senior politician, senator, member of PTI from KPK since 2015 and the current Leader of Opposition and Head of PTI in the Senate House. The son of the famous Urdu poet Ahmad Faraz, Shibli Faraz completed his Bachelor of Laws in the Peshawar Law College and recived a degree in International relations at the University of the Andes in Colombia. He began his career in finances in London as well as is a former pilot. He entered politics in 2015 as a member of PTI and has served as a member of the Senate consecutively since March 12, 2015. Upon taking office as Prime Minister, Imran Khan appointed Shibli Faraz as the Leader of the House for the Senate. He served this position until 2020, when he switched to the role of Minister for Information &... FULL PROFILE

Zartaj Gul is a women's rights activist, politician, MNA, and core PTI member since 2005. She served as the Minister of State for Climate Change in Imran Khan's government from 2018 to 2022, during which she advocated for a greater focus to be put on climate-related issues in Pakistan. She was born in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkwa and hails from the Wazir tribe. Gul recieved her undergraduate education from the Queen Mary College in Lahore, before attending the National College of Arts for postgraduate education. 

She joined the PTI in 2005 as a member of the Insaf Student Federation. She mainly works to grow the PTI in Dera Ismail Khan. She contested in the 2013 election. Gul also contested in the 2018 and 2024 elections, and in both she won ... FULL PROFILE

Omar Sarfraz Cheema is one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He joined PTI in 1996 and contested the 1997, 2002 and 2004 elections as a PTI candidate. He worked in the party organization at tehsil, district, province and central level. He has been a member CEC since 1997. He holds significance in the party's leadership today. He notably served as the Governor of Punjab in 2022 after his appointment by Imran Khan, and has remained loyal to the PTI for a long time. He is currently serving as the vice president of PTI. His house was raided at 4:00 AM on the morning of May 10 2022 and was abducted to an undisclosed location.

He has been held in prison since 2023 and has been incarcerated while being denied proper facilities while... FULL PROFILE

Raoof Hasan is currently the head of PTI's policy think tank and was the influental Secretary Information for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from 2023 to 2024. He also manages a think-tank (Regional Peace Institute) conducting track-II dialogues among countries of the region, and that he's a senior fellow at King’s College, London.After leaving Gordon College Rawalpindi to join the Pak Army, he encountered a setback when an accident forced him to depart from PMA after only 1 1/2 years. Returning to Gordon College, he completed his Masters in English Literature before embarking on a teaching career there, which was cut short when the college was nationalized. Following his passion for writing, he transitioned into the advertising industry as a copywriter and later founded his own... FULL PROFILE

Ali Muhammad Khan is a high-level senior PTI member from Khyber Pakhtunkwa, and has been an MNA since 2013. He has been a member of the PTI since 2013 and was elected as an MNA from NA-23 Mardan in the 2013 elections. He retained and won his seat in Mardan in both the 2018 and 2024 elections. He has been a strong believer in Imran Khan's vision and has delivered several inspiring and powerful speeches in Pakistan's National Assembly demanding justice and freedom for Pakistanis.

In 2023, he was unjustfully arrested on the basis of 8+ baseless cases with no evidence. He remained imprisoned and incarcerated for 80 days, but he stood firm with Imran Khan and was released. He aims to serve the country under... FULL PROFILE

Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal is a politician, Member of the Punjab Assembly since 2002, businessman and a core member of PTI since 2013. He hails from an Arain Punjabi family in Lahore. He recieved his Bachelor of Arts degree from Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, and recived a degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Quaid-e-Azam University in 1996. He specializes in business and is skilled at information, business and governance. He has been a leading figure advocating to develop Pakistan's infrastructure, healthcare and financial systems with good governance. He has promised to develop welfare, healthcare and trade in Punjab and has done so in office.

He entered politics in 2002 as a member of the Pakistan Muslim League... FULL PROFILE

Mian Mehmood Ur Rasheed has been a senior member of PTI from Lahore since 1997, and is remarkable for his unwavering dedication to PTI for over two decades. He is the former opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly, representing PTI. He was a member of the Punjab Assembly from 1988 until 2022. He has been arrested since May 2023 on completely baseless charges, while being denied proper medical care and being kept in poor conditions. He is a senior and experienced politician, having served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for housing, urban development and public engineering in the PTI Punjab government from 2018 to 2022. He ran from PP-169 Lahore-XXV in the 2024 elections but had his seat unlawfully rigged. He is still being kept in terrible medical conditions by authorities... FULL PROFILE

Ejaz Chaudhry is a senator, politician and a top member of PTI's core leadership from Punjab since he joined the party in 2007. He serves the additional secretary general of PTI and has a core role in the party's organizational structure . He was President PTI Punjab from 2019 to 2021. Born in Lahore, Punjab, Ejaz is a veteran politician, as he entered politics in 1975, when he joined the Jamaat-e-Islami. He has sought to serve under Imran Khan's leadership and is a long-time member, as he joined the party when it was relatively minor, in 2007. He remains jailed for more than one year to this day, despite his ordered release by the Islamabad High Court.

After joining PTI, he became well-connected with local politics in Lahore, where he helped the PTI expand. He has... FULL PROFILE

Sheheryar Afridi is a senior PTI member from Kohat, KPK. He joined the party in 2013, and has stood with Imran Khan and PTI despite major crackdown and unlawful arrests on him and his family. He is a current member of the National Assembly after being elected from NA-35 Kohat in the 2024 elections. He was born in Kohat, KPK, while his father, Nadir Shah Afridi served as a district counsellor and later became a member of parliament. His extended family including his uncle were also skilled members of the bureacracy. He has studied International & Foreign relations, as he recieved a degree from the University of Peshawar in the subject. Before joining the PTI, he contested in the 2002 election as an independent. Since he joined the PTI, he has consecutively won his seat in... FULL PROFILE

Firdous Shamim Naqvi is a senior leader of PTI, civil engineer, construction manager and a business administrator. He serves as the member of the Central Executive Committee and the spokesperson on Commerce & Industry of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. One of Tehreek-e-Insaf's most prominent and senior members from the city of Karachi. 

He has presented PTI well on many forums, and is serving as the additional secretary-general of the party. He joined the party in 1996, when it was founded. He has remarkably stayed with the party for over 2 decades among other senior members, and has been important in the party's central leadership since then.
 

Faisal Javed hails from the Pashtun tribe “Yousafzai Khankhel” and belongs to Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
PTI Background:

•       Became the member of Imran Khan’s movement for justice party “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1996 the same year when the party was formed.

•       Currently serving as Central Additional Secretary Information and Head of Marketing. He is also a member of the Core Committee and Central Executive Committee of the party.

•       Faisal joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as he never wanted to be a part of traditional politics in Pakistan. Imran Khan started a movement challenging the status quo and corruption in... FULL PROFILE

Qasim Khan Suri is a senior core member of PTI from Quetta, Balochistan since he joined the party in 1996. He is active in Imran Khan's struggle for justice, and served as President PTI Balochistan from 2021 to 2023. Despite him not holding the position anymore, he is still a top leader and representative for PTI in Balochistan and countrywide. Born in Quetta, Balochistan to a family of the Khijli clan, Qasim Suri received his lower education from the Quetta Islamia School, before enrolling in the Federal Government College in 1988. He received his bachelors degree in political science in 1990 and a masters degree in international relations in 1992, both from the University of Balochistan. He notably served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly after receiving... FULL PROFILE

A man who leaves behind a legacy of standing with Imran Khan through thick and thin, Naeem-ul-Haq died in 2020, he was a key founding member of the PTI and was one of the most senior members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as well as one of Imran Khan's oldest friends. He passed away in February 2020 at the age of 70. He was the information secretary of the party and served the country under the leadership of Imran Khan. He did a great job to found and grow the party even in times where the PTI was just a new party.

Haleem Adil Shiekh is a senior member and is the current President of PTI in Sindh, he is an active core member and holds a top role as a PTI provincial president for Pakistan's 2nd largest province. He was appointed this position by Imran Khan on June 2, 2023. Before serving this role, he was the lead representative for PTI in the Sindh Assembly from 2018 to 2023. Haleem Adil Sheikh hails from Karachi in Sindh and joined PTI in 2018 as a regional leader for his province. He was elected from the Sindh Assembly seat PS-99 (Karachi East-I) in the 2018 elections. Following this, he was appointed as head of PTI in the assembly. In 2021, he was chosen as Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly. As leader of opposition, he raised concerns over the welfare of the... FULL PROFILE

Shandana Gulzar Khan is a core high-level member of PTI's core committee from Peshawar. She is a prominet activist for human rights, women's rights, Palestinian freedom and justice having served in the United Nations Development Programme, International Human Rights Law Group and other legal organizations. She is also currently serving as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from NA-30 Peshawar-III following her election victory by 78,971 votes in the 2024 election, becoming the first woman elected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Since she joined the party in 2018, she has been active on human rights issues, justice, democratic rights, supporting Imran Khan, legal affairs and parliamentary roles.

Shandana Gulzar is the daughter of Gulzar Khan, a... FULL PROFILE

Junaid Akbar is an MNA and core PTI member. He hails from Malakand in Khyber Pakhtunkwa and has been active in Pakistani politics primarily since 2013. He contested and won his seat every time in the 2013, 2018 and 2024 elections from the National Assembly seat NA-9 Malakand. He has done a great job on the ground to bring positive change according to the ideology of PTI and Imran Khan. He has been increasingly active to represent PTI as an MNA in the National Assembly since 2024 where he has represented PTI well in his adresses and speeches. Amidst crackdown on the PTI, Akbar has shown his support for Imran Khan's struggle for justice and rule of law, especially as an MNA.

Taimur Khan Jhaghra is the former Minister for Finance, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, and former Member Provincial Assembly (MPA), PK73 Peshawar. He is the Head of Policy Unit, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) and architect of PTI's First 100 Days Agenda. Prior to joining politics, Taimur was an elected Partner at McKinsey, in their Middle East Office in Dubai. Part of the leadership team that established the Firm’s 100th office, in Pakistan, he led their Public, Social and Healthcare practices in the country, and co-led the Firm’s education practice in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMA) region. Taimur’s key areas of expertise include strategy, change management and large scale public sector transformations across education, health, tax and economic development.... FULL PROFILE