Omar Ayub Khan (Urdu: عمر ایوب خان; born 26 January 1970) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition.

[6] In 1989, he moved to the United States for higher studies, and the next year he took a semester off to help his father run the election campaign, which became his introduction to politics.

[2] He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) as a candidate of PML (Q) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.

[11] He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-19 (Haripur) as a candidate of PML (N) in the by-election held in 2014[2][12] and also served as Chairman Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs.

[17][18] On 24 April 2019 after the Prime Minister reshuffled the cabinet team, he was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Petroleum, which was previously held by Ghulam Sarwar Khan.

Ayub was given a high leadership role in the upcoming 2024 Pakistani elections, in which he served as the PTI-Independents candidate for prime minister, campaign head and Secretary-General.

[7][22] Omar Ayub participated by holding press conferences and taking a party leadership role alongside Gohar Ali Khan.

[23][24] As Leader of the Opposition, he has furthered the claims that the elections were rigged, as well as delivered pro-Imran Khan and anti-Military establishment in politics speeches inside the National Assembly of Pakistan.

According to reports, 21 of these MNAs displayed their intention to establish a "forward bloc" due to party leaderships failure to release Imran Khan from jail.

[34][33] On 4 September 2024, Ayub tendered his resignation for the second time as the party’s secretary general, which according to him was accepted by PTI founder Imran Khan.