Ishaq Khan Khakwani completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in 1971 and worked as an engineer in Pakistan Railways for 18 years before entering the political arena.
He has served as the Minister of State for Information Technology, Telecommunications and Railways. He is now serving as the Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Currently, his occupation is that of an agriculturist.
He has also served on the Government Task Force on Agriculture, Reduction of WAPDA"s electricity tariff and World Trade Organization. Khakwani went to Sadiq Public School Bahawalpur (a Boarding school) from where he passed his Senior Cambridge certificate exams in 1965.
Later he joined Forman Christian College, Lahore and passed his Secondary Exams in pre-Engineering subjects in 1967. After which he was admitted into Engineering University, Mughalpura, Lahore and obtained his Electrical engineering Degree with distinction, in 1967.
Was School Prefect and declared the Best Athlete of the school in 1964 &1965. Khakwani joined the Pakistan Railways service through Federal Public Service Commission in 1973 and served there till he resigned his job in 1990.
He was amongst the more than 30 electables & heavy weights with Jehangir Tareen that joined Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf after its successful 30 October rally in Lahore.
He was later appointed a central leader and SVP.
He was elected for his first term as Parliamentarian as a Pakistan Muslim League (Q) candidate. Khakwani started his politics with Mir Murtaza Bhutto"s Pakistan Peoples Party (Bachelor of Science) in 1994 and later joined Pakistan Muslim League in 2002.
He was also the member of National Assembly Committees on Economic Affairs and Statistics, Standing Committee on Food Agriculture and Livestock and Standing Committee on Railways.
