Sardar Ayaz Sadiq

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq
سردار اياز صادق
19th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
9 November 2015
Deputy Murtaza Javed Abbasi
Preceded by Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting)
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
11 October 2015
Constituency Constituency NA-122
19th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
3 June 2013 – 22 August 2015
Deputy Murtaza Javed Abbasi
Preceded by Fahmida Mirza
Succeeded by Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting)
Member of the National Assembly
In office
11 May 2013 – 22 August 2015
Constituency Constituency NA-122
Personal details
Born (1954-10-17) 17 October 1954
Lahore, Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N)
(2001–present)
Alma mater Aitchison College
Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab

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.[1] Sadiq is a senior leader of the conservative PML(N) and notably defeated Imran Khan for constituency NA-122.[2] His electoral performance against Khan proved to a crucial factor in his nomination for the post of the Speaker of the National Assembly during the general election held in 2013.[2] However, on August 22, 2015 the election tribunal de-seated Ayaz Sadiq and ordered a reelection in his NA-122 constituency.[3] He was reelected from same constituency on 11 October 2015.[4]

Early and personal life

Sadiq's paternal family, Arain family, hails from Kasur, Pakistan while his maternal are from Sayyid family of Arab origin came from Lucknow, during the partition of India. His maternal great grandfather was one of the initial supporters of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's Muslim League and his maternal aunt is the first female medical graduate of King Edward Medical University. Sadiq graduated from Aitchison College and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Hailey College of Commerce in 1975. Since 1994, he has chaired the Sardar Trust Eye Hospital, founded by his father. Sadiq is married to Reema Ayaz, the daughter of the former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court and former Federal Ombudsman, Sardar Muhammad Iqbal. [5] He has a daughter and two sons. His eldest son is an eye surgeon, while the younger one is a banker.[6][7]

Political career

Sadiq started his political career with Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1996. He left PTI in 1998 owing to differences with Khan and joined the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[8] He was Khan's junior at Aitchison College during the early 1960s. Sadiq admits that both he and Khan have been on good terms as old friends, even after their split in politics. His Aitchison fellows – Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Pervaiz Khattak, Faisal Saleh Hayat, Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Zulfiqar Ali Magsi – are also prominent figures in the politics of Pakistan.[6][8]

His political views and thinking reflected the nationalist conservatism.[9] Sadiq successfully contested the 2002 general election on PML-N ticket against Khan and defeated him with huge margin from NA-122 Lahore-V.[6] In the 2008 election, he defeated the Pakistan Peoples Party's candidate with a huge margin.[10] He was elected member of National Assembly (MNA) for the third consecutive term in 2013 defeating PTI's chairman for the second time.[11] Sadiq was nominated for the post of Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan by PML-N on 2 June 2013;[12] he won the election for the post with a majority of 258 votes out 313 and became the nineteenth Speaker of the National Assembly.[13][14] Sadiq took oath from his predecessor Dr. Fahmida Mirza.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff. "Honorable Sardar Ayaz Sadiq". Govt. Pakistan. National Assembly of Pakistan Release. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 Election Cell Monitors (12 May 2013). "Imran Khan loses Lahore seat to PML-N". Express Tribune, Election Cell. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "NA-122 rigging allegations: Tribunal terms Ayaz Sadiq's election null and void". The Express Tribune. Web Desk. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq wins NA-122 yet again, Aleem Khan defeated". Dunya News. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Justice Sardar laid to rest". The News. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 Reporter, Staff (4 June 2013). "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq—a profile". Dawn. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq". Business Recorder. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  8. 1 2 "I hit Imran with a hockey stick: incoming speaker". Dawn. Herald. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Giraldi, Philip. "Something Brewing in Pakistan". November 26, 2011, 4:03 PM. The American Conservatism. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "NA-122 – Lahore-V". Geo TV. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Imran Khan loses Lahore seat to PML-N". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the post of speaker National Assembly". Dawn. Herald. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "PML-N's Ayaz Sadiq elected speaker of the National Assembly". The Express Tribune. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  14. ↑ Nangiana, Umer (4 June 2013). "Coveted posts: New speaker, his deputy in saddle". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "PML-N's Sardar Ayaz, Murtaza Javed elected NA speaker, deputy". Geo TV. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Fahmida Mirza		 Speaker of the National Assembly
2013–2015
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