|
Deputy Speaker Of The National Assembly Of Pakistan
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan presides over the assembly whenever the speaker is absent or unable to perform his or her duties. The office has its roots in 1947 when the Deputy Speaker was addressed as the Deputy President of the legislative assembly. After the ratification of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, the office was reestablished. Previously Deputy Speaker was Qasim Suri who was elected by the National Assembly of Pakistan on 15 August 2018 along with the Speaker who is Asad Qaiser. Role and Responsibilities The office of the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly is created by Article 53 of the Chapter 2 in Part III of the Constitution of Pakistan. The Deputy Speaker acts as Speaker on occasions when the Speaker is unable to do so. If both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are unable to fulfil the role, another person is appointed to temporarily act as Speaker. List {, class="wikitable" , + Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly , - ! Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahid Akram Durrani
Zahid Akram Durrani ( ur, زاہد اکرم درانی; ps, زاهد اکرم دراني) is a Pakistani politician and a member of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal who is currently serving as 20th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly since 21 April 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018 from NA-35 (Bannu). Political career Durrani was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from Constituency NA-35 (Bannu) in 2018 Pakistani by-elections By-elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 14 October 2018 and 21 October 2018. These elections will be held on twelve constituencies for the National Assembly of Pakistan and twenty-seven constituencies belonging to four provincial as ... held on 14 October 2018, he got 60,944 votes. References External Links Living people Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal politicians Politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Year of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Nawaz Khokhar
Haji Muhammad Nawaz Khokhar was a Pakistani politician from Islamabad, Pakistan. Early life and career Nawaz Khokhar was elected as MNA thrice from his constituency NA-35 (Malakand) in 1985–1988, 1990–1993 and 1993–1996. He was elected the deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1999 and also served as Minister of Science and Technology. he was one of the richest men in all of Pakistan. He was brother of late Imtiaz Khokhar also known as Taji Khokhar and Afzal Khokhar Muhammad Afzal Khokhar (; born 6 April 1974) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018 and a M .... He died on 9 January 2021 due to cardiac arrest. References 20th-century births 2021 deaths Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Pakistan Politicians from Islamabad Year of birth missing {{Pakistan-MNA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Pakistan
The Politics of Pakistan () takes place within the framework established by the constitution. The country is a federal parliamentary republic in which provincial governments enjoy a high degree of autonomy and residuary powers. Executive power is vested with the national cabinet which is headed by Prime Minister of Pakistan (Shehbaz Sharif; since 11 April 2022), who works coherently along with the bicameral parliament and the judicature. Stipulations set by the constitution provide a delicate check and balance of sharing powers between executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government. The head of state is the president who is elected by the electoral college for a five-year term. Arif Alvi is currently the president of Pakistan (since 2018). The president was a significant authority until the 18th amendment, passed in 2010, stripped the presidency of its major powers. Since then, Pakistan has been shifted from a Semi-presidential system to a purely par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Pakistan
Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakistan. First convened in 1973, the Senate's composition and powers are established by thArticle 59of the Constitution of Pakistan. Each of the four provinces are represented by 23 senators regardless of population, while the Islamabad Capital Territory is represented by four senators, all of whom serve staggered six-year terms. The Senate secretariat is located in the east wing of the Parliament Building; the National Assembly convenes in the west wing of the same building. The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the National Assembly, including the powers of making parliamentary bills as a being enforced into law. Elections are held every three years for one half of the Senate and each Senator has a term of six years. The Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The National Assembly Of Pakistan
The Speaker of the National Assembly (Urdu: اسپیکر قومی اسمبلی); informally as Speaker National Assembly, is the presiding official of the National Assembly of Pakistan– a lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan. The office has its roots in 1947 and was reestablished in 1973 in accordance to the Constitution; the speaker presides over the chamber composed of people's representatives elected on the basis of universal franchise. The Speaker is Second in the line of succession to the President of Pakistan and occupies fourth position in the Warrant of Precedence, after the President, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of Senate. In addition, the Speaker is the spokesman of the National Assembly to the outside world, and is non-partisan in his approach. To exercise the great authority that stems from the respect, affection and consideration which every Member of the House bestows upon the holder of this high office, the Speaker shows complete impartiality i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML–N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and it is the largest party in terms of representation in the National Assembly of Pakistan since the 2018 general election. With over 10 million members in Pakistan and abroad, it claims to be the country's largest political party by primary membership as well as one of the largest political parties in the world. Despite Khan's popular persona in Pakistan, the PTI had limited initial success: it failed to win, as a collective, a single seat in the 1997 general election and the 2002 general election; only Khan himself was able to win a seat. Throughout the 2000s, the PTI remained in opposition to the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murtaza Javed Abbasi
Murtaza Javed Abbasi ( ur, ; born 15 March 1970) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018 and served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, 18th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, from June 2013 to May 2018.He served as federal minister for parliamentary affairs since 19 April 2022. Early life He was born on 15 March 1970 to Javed Iqbal Abbasi. Political career Abbasi ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-18, Constituency NA-18 Abbottabad-II in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 32,527 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). Abassi was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-18 Abbottabad-II in 2008 Pakistani general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faisal Karim Kundi
Faisal Karim Kundi ( ur, ; ps, فیصل کریم کنډي) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as Minister of Statebr>Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Pakistansince September 2022 . He also holds the office of the Central Secretary Information of Pakistan Peoples Party and member of Central Executive Committee. Previously Mr. Kundi has served as the 17th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Faisal Karim Kundi hails from a known political family of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He started his political career in 2003 and served PPP as Divisional Coordinator D.I.Khan Division. Born in 1975 in Dera Ismail Khan and graduated from UK. He had an intrinsic inclination towards politics and was groomed by Late Benazir Bhutto during her stay in London. He contested election from NA-24 on PPP ticket in General Election of February 2008 and was elected as the 17th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on Wednesday March 19, 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a representation of 5 seats. It previously served as an ally of former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's government, and led a joint election campaign in 2013 alongside Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Punjab and Balochistan provinces against its rival Pakistan Muslim League (N), a fiscally conservative and centre-right force. Its leadership and members were once part of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) presided by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. After the 1997 general elections, political differences arose that ultimately led to the creation of a faction inside the party. The dissidents, led by Shujaat Hussain, called for strong and vocal support for the 1999 military coup d'état staged and led by then- Chief of Army Staff and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob
Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob (سردار محمد یعقوب; died 20 October 2021) was a Pakistani politician who served as 16th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan presides over the assembly whenever the speaker is absent or unable to perform his or her duties. The office has its roots in 1947 when the Deputy Speaker was addressed as the Deputy Presid ... from 19 November 2002 to 15 November 2007. References Year of birth missing 20th-century births 2021 deaths Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MNAs Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 {{Pakistan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal (; born 2 September 1972) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life He was born on 2 September 1972. Political career He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 26,556 votes and lost the seat to a candidate off Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 34,705 votes and lost the seat to Mian Tariq Mehmood. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-106 (Gujrat-III) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Zafar Ali Shah
Syed Zafar Ali Shah ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who has served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 1998. A member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf, Shah previously served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1996. Education He graduated with M.A and LL.B degrees. Political career Shah was elected to the Provincial Assembly of NWFP in Pakistani general election, 1962 and again in 1970 Pakistani general election. He has held the position of Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 1962 to 1965 and Provincial Minister for Food, Forests, Livestocks and Fisheries, Sindh, in 1984. Shah was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in 1985 Pakistani general election and appointed as Federal Minister for Industries, Food, Agriculture and Livestock in 1985. He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1988 Pakistani general election, and appointed as Federal Minister of State for Water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
