Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
اسپیکر پنجاب اسمبلی | |
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Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
Style | Mr. Speaker (Informal; while presiding the house) Honourable Speaker (Formal) |
Status | Presiding officer |
Member of | Provincial Assembly of Punjab |
Seat | Lahore |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | Elected by the Punjab Assembly |
Term length | As long as the current assembly remains in power, the Speaker continues to exercise its authority |
Formation | Constitution of Pakistan (12 April 1973) |
First holder | Dr. Khalifa Shuja-ud-Din (07 May 1951) |
Succession | First |
Deputy | Dost Muhammad Mazari |
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The Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab (Urdu: اسپیکر پنجاب اسمبلی); informally as Speaker Punjab Assembly, is the presiding official of the Punjab Assembly.
The office has its roots in 1921 before Pakistan came into being and was re-established in 1951 in accordance to the Constitution; the speaker presides over the chamber composed of the elected representatives of Punjab. The Speaker is First in the line of succession to the Governor of Punjab and occupies third position in the Warrant of Precedence, after the Governor and the Chief Minister. In addition, the Speaker is the spokesman of the Punjab Assembly to the outside world, and is non-partisan in his approach.
Former Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
Order | Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | Time Duration |
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1 | Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler | 03-01-1921 to 21-03-1922 |
2 | Herbert Alexander Casson | 10-05-1922 to 16-01-1925 |
3 | Khan Bahadur Shahab-ud-Din Virk | 03-12-1925 to 27-10-1926, 04-01-1927 to 26-07-1930, 25-10-1930 to 24-10-1936 |
4 | Rao Bahadur Chhotu Ram | 20-10-1936 to 10-11-1936 |
5 | Khan Bahadur Shahab-ud-Din Virk | 06-04-1937 to 19-03-1945 |
6 | Dewan Bahadur Singha | 21-03-1946 to 04-07-1947 |
7 | Dr. Khalifa Shuja-ud-Din | 07-05-1951 to 14-10-1955 |
8 | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | 20-05-1956 to 07-10-1958 |
9 | Khan Bahadur Sheikh Faiz Muhammad | 06-12-1962 to 08-06-1965 |
10 | Mubin-ul-Haq Siddiqui | 12-06-1962 to 04-07-1963 |
11 | Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder | 16-07-1963 to 12-06-1965, 12-06-1965 to 25-03-1969 |
12 | Rafiq Ahmad Sheikh | 03-05-1972 to 11-04-1977 |
13 | Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder | 11-04-1977 to 11-04-1977 |
14 | Manzoor Wattoo | 10-04-1985 to 02-12-1988, 02-12-1988 to 07-11-1990, 07-11-1990 to 25-11-1993 |
15 | Saeed Ahmed Khan | 04-05-1993 to 19-10-1993 |
16 | Hanif Ramay | 19-10-1993 to 19-02-1997 |
17 | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi | 19-02-1997 to 12-10-1999 |
18 | Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi | 2002 to 2007 |
19 | Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan | 2008 to 2013, 2013 to 2018 |
20 | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi | 16-08-2018 to Till Date |
See Also
References
- Gallery of the Speaker Punjab Assembly. "Punjab Assembly | Members - Speakers". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- Former Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. "Punjab Assembly | Members - Speakers". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- Message from Speaker Punjab Assembly. "Punjab Assembly | Members - Speakers". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- Profile of Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. "Punjab Assembly | Members - Speakers". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- Website of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. "Home | Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
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