Basheer Ahmad Khan Matta (Pashto: بشیر احمد خان مټه; Urdu: بشیر احمد خان مٹہ) is a Pakistani politician and historian who is a senior member of the National Democratic Movement (NDM).
[1] He is a supporter of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), and was formerly a member of the Senate of Pakistan.
[3][4] For a time, he also served as the acting provincial president of ANP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
One of his English books is Sher Shah Suri: A Fresh Perspective, which is a historical account of Sher Shah Suri, the 16th-century Afghan ruler who founded the Sur Empire in India.
[6] One of his Pashto books is Da Paktā Waynā (د پکتا وینا, lit.