murtaza a khan is a member of the legislative council in the state of jammu and kashmir india born in village narol of poonch district of the indian administered state of jammu and kashmir murtaza a khan is a well known lawyer and widely travelled person he got bachelor s degree in law from aligarh muslim university masters from usa and started legal practice in canada after nearly a decade of stay in north america he returned to jammu and kashmir to resume legal profession he joined jammu and kashmir peoples democratic party headed by former indian home minister mufti mohammed sayeed at its inception in july 1999 as a founder member and served it in various capacities was elected as member of the jammu and kashmir legislative council upper house of the states bicameral legislature in february 2007 he is leader of pdps legislature party in the upper house he was appointed pdps general secretary in august 2007 known for his resolute bearing he commands massive following and support of the punjabi and pothwaripahari speaking muslim communities across jammu and kashmiras a member of the legislative council he has served on various standing committees as a member and notably as chairman of the committee on government assurances and committee on privileges departmental committees he has also served as member on the joint financial committees like public accounts committee and estimates committee he also served as member of the joint select committee on inter district recruitment bill he was appointed as chairman of a house committee constituted during the summer session 2012 to probe an issue of land grabbing by a sitting minister in omar abdullahs cabinet but immediately before its second meeting scheduled to be held in mid november 2012the committee was controversially disbanded in the wake of withdrawal of three of its members belonging to the ruling alliance parties for unknown reasonshe represented his party at various national level seminars and conferences on political resolution of the k issue including the round table conference held in april 2011 at srinagar by the padgoankar lead three member team of interlocutors appointed by indian prime minister manmohan singh for resolution of the issue