President Mamnoon Hussain Religion Islam Constituency NA-57 (Attock-I) Name Sheikh Ahmed | Nationality Pakistani Role Pakistani Politician Occupation Politician | |
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Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Full Name Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Born Attock, Pakistan | ||
Political party Pakistan Muslim League | ||
Pmln sheikh aftab ahmed begum kalsoom nawaz ko yaad krte hue 13 september 2018
Sheikh Aftab Ahmed (Urdu: شیخ آفتاب احمد; born 25 October 1944) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in office since August 2017. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), Ahmed has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-57 (Attock-) and previously served in Sharif cabinet, first as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs from 2013 to 2016 and then as Minister for Parliamentary Affair from 2016 until the dissolution of the cabinet in July 2017.
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- Pmln sheikh aftab ahmed begum kalsoom nawaz ko yaad krte hue 13 september 2018
- Early life
- Political career
- References
Early life
He was born on 25 October 1944.
Political career
Ahmed begun his politics career in 1980. He was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in Pakistani general election, 1990. He was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the second time in Pakistani general election, 1993. Ahmed was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the third time in Pakistani general election, 1997. In Pakistani general election, 2002, he couldn't ran for the seat of National Assembly due to not having graduation degree.
Ahmed was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly from NA-57 in Pakistani general election, 2008 for the fourth time. In 2011, he was served a notice by court over fake graduation degree.
Ahmed was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 2013 from na-57 on PML-N ticket for the fifth time. In June 2013, he was appointed as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Later in May 2016, he was made Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.
He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan, Ahmed was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi and was appointed Minister for Parliamentary Affairs for the second time.