Deputy Murtaza Javed Abbasi Name Sardar Sadiq Children Ali Ayaz Sadiq Preceded by Fahmida Mirza Party Pakistan Muslim League | Deputy Murtaza Javed Abbasi Spouse Reema Ayaz (m. 1977) Constituency Constituency NA-122 Role Pakistani Politician | |
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Preceded by Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting) Succeeded by Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting) Parents Attiya Sadiq, Muhammad Sadiq Education Aitchison College, University of the Punjab, Hailey College of Commerce Similar People Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif, Reham Khan, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Shafqat Mahmood | ||
Sardar ayaz sadiq retains na speaker s post
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (Urdu: سردار اياز صادق; born 17 October 1954) is a Pakistani politician who is the 19th and current Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Sadiq has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2002, representing Lahore.
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- Sardar ayaz sadiq retains na speaker s post
- Baat say baat mna sardar ayaz sadiq part 02
- Early life and education
- Political career
- References
In June 2013, Sadiq was elected as the 19th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan following retirement of Fahmida Mirza.
Baat say baat mna sardar ayaz sadiq part 02
Early life and education
Sadiq was born on 17 October 1954 in Lahore to Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq and Attiya Sadiq. He belongs to Arain family hailing from Kasur, Punjab. He completed his education from Aitchison College, Lahore. Imran Khan, Nisar Ali Khan, Pervaiz Khattak, Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Zulfiqar Ali Magsi were amongst his class fellows when Sadiq was enrolled in Aitchison College. In an interview, Sadiq said he was an average student. Sadiq received degree in commerce from Hailey College of Punjab University in 1975.
Sadiq married to Reema Ayaz in 1977, and has a daughter and two sons. Sadiq is a son-in-law of former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Sardar Iqbal.
Since 1996, Sadiq has been a member of the Lahore Gymkhana Club. Sadiq is a businessman by profession and has had business contracts with Pakistan Railways. He along with members of his family runs a non-profit hospital "Sardar Trust Eye Hospital".
Political career
Sadiq began his political career as a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the late 1990s when he was a close friend of PTI chairman Imran Khan. Sadiq ran for the seat of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI in Pakistani general election, 1997 from PP-121 Lahore constituency but was unsuccessful with 4,541 votes and lost the seat to Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML (N)).
Sadiq left PTI in 1998 owing to differences with Imran Khan and joined PML (N) in 2001.
In Pakistani general election, 2002, Sadiq was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time on the PML-N ticket from NA-122 Lahore constituency by defeating Imran Khan. Sadiq claimed "it was a big victory as his leader Nawaz Sharif in exile and Pervez Musharraf, a close aide of Imran Khan at that time, in power". During his tenure as the member of the National Assembly, he remained a member of the National Assembly's Standing Committees on Railways, Finance and Defence Production.
In Pakistani general election, 2008, Sadiq was re-elected to the National Assembly for the second time on the PML-N ticket from same NA-122 Lahore constituency. During his tenure as the member of the National Assembly, he became the chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committees on Railways.
In Pakistani general election, 2013, Sadiq was re-elected to the National Assembly for the third time on the PML-N ticket from Lahore NA-122 constituency by defeating Imran Khan. In June 2013, Sadiq was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
In 2015, Imran Khan alleged rigging in the constituency of Sadiq from where Sadiq won in 2013 election. Following which the Election Commission of Pakistan de-seated Sadiq and ordered re-polling in the constituency. In October 2015, Sadiq retained his National Assembly seat by defeating a PTI candidate in by-election and was re-elected to the National Assembly for the fourth time. In November 2015, Sadiq retained its position as the speaker of the National Assembly by getting re-elected for the second time and become first person to have been elected as the Speaker of National Assembly for the second time during the same government's tenure in Pakistan.
He is generally considered a soft-spoken and cool-headed politician in Pakistan.