Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal is a Pakistani businessman and politician who had been the

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Minister of

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for Information and Culture from 19 July 2019 to 2 December 2019. He also had been the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Industries, commerce and investment, in office from 27 August 2018 till 1 April 2022. He had been a member of the

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from November 2002 to November 2007, from June 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023. He also served as senior minister of Punjab from September 2022 till January 2023.

Early life and education

He was born on 20 April 1969 in a famous

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family in Lahore. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from

Government Islamia College Civil Lines Government Islamia College Civil Lines ( ur, اسلامیہ کالج ), formerly called Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, is a government college in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded by Arya Samaj as the school of Dayanand Anglo Vedic on June 1, 1 ...

, Lahore. He received the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) from

Quaid-e-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedi ...

in 1996.

Political career

He was elected to the

as an independent candidate from PP-148 (Lahore-XII) in the

2002 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 14th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North-We ...

. He received 23,659 votes and defeated a candidate of

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...

. He was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Tourism in January 2003 where he served until 2007. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

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 re ...

(PML(Q)) from PP-148 (Lahore-XII) in the

2008 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 16,734 votes and lost the seat to Hafiz Mian Muhammad Nauman, a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML(N)), who received 40,975 votes. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the

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 thre ...

(PTI) from PP-148 (Lahore-XII) in the

2013 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pak ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-151 (Lahore-VIII) in

2018 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Baloch ...

. He received 65,830 votes and defeated Baqir Hussain, a candidate of PML(N). On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

Sardar Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar ( ur, ; born 1 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician and previously served as Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, Chief Minister of The Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022. He has been a member of the Provi ...

and was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for industries, commerce and investment. On 19 July 2019, he was given additional portfolio of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture. In December 2019, he resigned from additional portfolio of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture. In September 2022, he had been appointed as senior minister of Punjab. He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from

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as a candidate of the PTI in the

2024 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections will be held in the Pakistani province of Punjab on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023, the results of the 2023 digital census were approved by the Council of Common Interests headed by ...

. He was unable to take the oath as a member of the assembly, following 2024 election.

References

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