Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid
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Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid was the first Pakistani governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan
, prior to the independence of Pakistan, the governor had been appointed by the government of British India (based in Calcutta and later Delhi
). For almost two years after independence, Pakistan continued to have British governors until the appointment of Sahibzada Khurshid.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, prior to the independence of Pakistan, the governor had been appointed by the government of British India (based in Calcutta and later Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
). For almost two years after independence, Pakistan continued to have British governors until the appointment of Sahibzada Khurshid.