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Muhammad Sibtain Khan is a Pakistani politician who is the current Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, and he had been the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, in office from 29 August 2018 . He has been a member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

, since August 2018. He served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries from 7 January 2020 to April 2022. Previously he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 1990 and May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 30 August 1950 in

Mianwali Mianwali ( Punjabi/ ur, ) is the capital city of Mianwali District in Punjab, Pakistan. The 81st largest city of Pakistan, it is known for its diverse population of, Punjabi and Pashtun ethnicities. History Mianwali District was an agricu ...

. He has the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science which he obtained in 1982 from

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

Political career

He was elected to the

as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-39 (Mianwali-IV) in

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan Pe ...

. He received 29,582 votes and defeated a candidate of

Islami Jamhoori Ittehad The Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ( Islamic Democratic Alliance; acronym: IJI; ur, ) was a right-wing conservative alliance formed in September 1988 to oppose the democratic socialist Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year. The alliance compri ...

(IJI). He served a Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prison from 1990 to 1993. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-39 (Mianwali-IV) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 15,390 votes and lost the seat to 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 ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

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(PML-Q) from Constituency PP-46 (Mianwali-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 36,815 votes and defeated an independent candidate. In January 2003, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

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and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Mines and Minerals where he remained until 2007. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-46 (Mianwali-IV) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 27,319 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Feroz Joyia, an independent candidate. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

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(PTI) from Constituency PP-46 (Mianwali-IV) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-88 (Mianwali-IV) in

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. 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 ...

without any ministerial portfolio. On 29 August 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries. In June 2019, he was arrested by National Accountability Bureau Lahore due to corruption charges due to this he was removed from his post of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries. In January 2020, He was reappointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries. On 27 July 2022, the

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nominated him for the role of

Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab The Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab (Urdu: اسپیکر پنجاب اسمبلی) is the presiding official of the Punjab Assembly. Informally, the Speaker is also called Speaker Punjab Assembly. The office originated in 1921, ...

, which was vacated due to the election of former Speaker

to the chief ministership. The election for the post of Speaker was conducted on 29 July 2022, in which he was successful.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Muhammad Sibtain Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1958 births University of the Punjab alumni People from Mianwali District Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Provincial ministers of Punjab Pakistani prisoners and detainees