Shuja khanzada biography of mahatma gandhi

Pakistani officer and politician (–)

ColonelShuja KhanzadaHSTBt (Urdu: شجاع خانزاده&#;; 28 August – 16 August ) was a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Army colonel, who served as the Home Minister of Punjab from until his assassination on 16 August ^[3]

As an army officer, Khanzada fought in the Indo-Pakistani war, before partaking in the Siachen conflict in Retiring from the military, Khanzada entered politics in He was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly thrice, in , , and ; the latter as a PML (N) candidate from his native constituency in Attock.^[3][4] Appointed Home Minister in , Khanzada spearheaded the campaign against terrorism and sectarian militancy in Punjab.

On 16 August , Khanzada was assassinated in a suicide attack at his political office in Shadi Khan, Attock. The militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the attack, in retaliation for the killing of LeJ chief Malik Ishaq during Khanza