The Deputy Speaker of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upp ...

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 Constitution of Pakistan ( ur, ), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. Drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, with additional assistance from the country's opposition parties, it was approved by ...

, the office was reestablished. Previously Deputy Speaker was

Qasim Suri Qasim Khan Suri ( ur, born 16 January 1969) is a Pakistani politician. He served as the 19th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 15 August 2018 to 16 April 2022. Early life and education He was born in January 1969 in Qu ...

who was elected by the

on 15 August 2018 along with the Speaker who is

Asad Qaiser Asad Qaiser ( ur, ; born 15 November 1969) is a Pakistani politician. He is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, served from August 2018 to April 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since Augu ...

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.

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, - , 1 , Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan , 23 February 1948 – 13 December 1948 , rowspan="7" ,

Pakistan Muslim League The Pakistan Muslim League ( ur, ; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the right-wing platform in the country. The Muslim League (a different party) was the party of Pakistan’ ...

, - , 2 ,

Muhammad Hashim Gazdar Muhammad Hashim Gazdar ( ur, محمد ہاشم گذدر; 1 February 1893 – 19 February 1968) was one of the three representatives from Sindh to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, and the second Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly ...

, 28 March 1953 – 24 October 1954 , - , 3 , Mr. C. E. Gibbon , 12 August 1955 – 07 October 1958 , - , 4 , Mohammad Afzal Cheema , 11 June 1962 – 12 January 1965 , - , 5 , Abdul Kasem , 11 June 1962 – 12 January 1965 , - , 6 ,

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Elahi Chaudhry ( ur, ; 1 January 1904 – 2 June 1982) was a Pakistani politician who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until 1978, prior to the martial law led by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq. He also serve ...

, 12 January 1965 – 25 March 1969 , - , 7 , A. T. M. Abdul Mateen , 12 January 1965 – 25 March 1969 , - , 8 , Mohammad Haneef Khan , 15 August 1972 – 10 August 1973 , , - , 9 , Ashraf Khatoon Abbasi , 11 August 1973 – 10 January 1977 ,

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded i ...

, - , 10 , Abdul Fateh , 27 March 1977 – 5 July 1977 , , - , 11 , Wazir Ahmed Jogezai , 23 March 1985 To 29 May 1988 ,

, - , 12 , Ashraf Khatoon Abbasi , 3 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 ,

, - , 13 , Mohammad Nawaz Khokhar , 4 November 1990 – 18 July 1993 ,

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 ...

, - , 14 ,

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 Asse ...

, 17 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 ,

, - , 15 , Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal , 16 February 1997 – 20 August 2001 ,

, - , 16 , Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob , 19 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 ,

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 ...

, - , 17 , Faisal Karim Kundi , 19 March 2008 To 16 March 2013 ,

, - , 18 , Murtaza Javed Abbasi , 3 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 ,

, - , 19 ,

, 15 August 2018 – 16 April 2022 ,

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 ...

, - , 20 , Zahid Akram Durrani , 21 April 2022-Incumbent , Jamiat Ulma e Islam

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