Omar Ayub

Omar Ayub Khan (Urdu: عمر ایوب خان; born 26 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician who previously served as the Leader of the Opposition from April 2024 to August 2025. He was the last federal minister for economic affairs under the premiership of Imran Khan from April 2021 until April 2022. Previously, he served as federal minister for energy from 11 September 2018 to 16 April 2021. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the grandson of the former President of Pakistan Ayub Khan, and the son of Gohar Ayub Khan, who was also a politician. Previously, he served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the Minister of State for Finance in the federal cabinet from 2004 to 2007. He has served as Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf since he assumed the role on 27 May 2023. He resigned from the position on 4 September 2024, and his resignation was accepted by Imran Khan on 7 September. In 2025, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Faisalabad Court for his alleged connections to the May 9 riots in 2023.