Raja Sikander Zaman

Raja Sikandar Zaman Khan (late), was the grandson of Gakhars clan Chief Sultan Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan, who was the son-in-law of the King of Afghanistan. Raja Sikander Zaman was also the uncle of Raja Erij Zaman Khan, chief of Gakhars as of 2013. He was born in Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His father Sultan Capt. Raja Haider Zaman Khan was active in politics. He received his early education from Burn Hall School in Abbottabad and Aligarh University.
Raja George Sikander Zaman, who became a veteran politician, started his political career as Member of the Abbottabad District Council in the 1950s, and during a 50-year political career served as Minister, Senior Minister, Chief Minister of North-West Frontier Province (now KPK) Federal Minister of Pakistan and opposition leader in the NWFP Assembly for a long time. He was appointed Federal Minister in almost every government during his long active political career.