Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Exice and Taxation
In office
5 August 2022 – 14 January 2023
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-180 Kasur-VII
In office
20 March 2008 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born (1958-08-28) 28 August 1958
Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party IPP (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		 PTI (2018-2023)
PML-Q (2002-2018)
Parent
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Punjab Assembly Lahore

Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai is a Pakistani politician who was Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works, in office from 27 August 2018 till April 2022. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

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

He was born on 28 August 1960 in Kasur.[1] He is a direct descendant 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

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 the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-180 (Kasur-VII) in the 2018 Punjab provincial 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]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-180 Kasur-VII as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Educational background of state ministers". DAWN.COM. 6 September 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "12th National Assembly members" (PDF). National Assembly of Pakistan. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "26 state ministers take oath". brecorder. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ Malik, Mansoor (28 August 2018). "Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.


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