Career
He was appointed by the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the Prime Minister Raja Pervaz Ashraf on 11 February 2013. He replaced Barrister Masood Kausar. Before being appointed as Governor, he was holding the portfolio of Federal Minister for States and Frontier Region
Shaukatullah Khan is an alumnus of Cadet College Kohat ( CCK), and completed his studies there in 1986.
Later pursuing an engineering degree, Shaukatullah took part in student politics in the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, in 1988 and later stayed side-by-side with his father.
He resigned as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi was appointed as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 14,2014.