Sardar Asif Nakai
Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai | |
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Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works | |
Assumed office 27 August 2018 | |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Minister of communication Govt of Punjab. | |
Assumed office 15 August 2018 | |
In office 2008 – 31 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kasur | 28 August 1960
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim Leagu(Q) 2002-2018 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 2018- |
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Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works, in office 27 August 2018. He has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, since August 2018.
Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to 2018 and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.
Early life and education[edit]
He was born on 28 August 1960 in Kasur.[1] He is direct descendent of Heera Singh Sandhu founder of the Nakai Misl; hence is also related to Maharani Datar Kaur, wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
He graduated in 1983 form University of the Punjab[1] and has the degree of Bachelor of Arts.[2]
Political career[edit]
He contested and won from both NA-140 and NA-141 in 2002. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-141 (Kasur-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[3][4] In September 2004, he was inducted into the federal cabinet and was made Minister of State for Housing and Works.[5][3]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-183 (Kasur-IX) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[2]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-183 (Kasur-IX) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency PP-180 (Kasur-VII) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[8]
On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Educational background of state ministers". DAWN.COM. 6 September 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "12th National Assembly members" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "26 state ministers take oath". brecorder. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ↑ "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ↑ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ↑ "PP-180 Result - Election Results 2018 - Kasur 7 - PP-180 Candidates - PP-180 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ↑ Malik, Mansoor (28 August 2018). "Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 8 September 2018.