Ayaz Sadiq

Ayaz Sadiq
ایاز صادق
Sadiq in 2017
17th and 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
1 March 2024
DeputyGhulam Mustafa Shah
Preceded byRaja Pervaiz Ashraf
In office
9 November 2015 – 15 August 2018
DeputyMurtaza Javed Abbasi
Preceded byMurtaza Javed Abbasi (acting)
Succeeded byAsad Qaiser
In office
3 June 2013 – 22 August 2015
DeputyMurtaza Javed Abbasi
Preceded byFahmida Mirza
Succeeded byMurtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting)
Federal Minister For Economic Affairs
In office
19 April 2022 – 10 July 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byOmar Ayub Khan
Federal Minister for Political Affairs
In office
19 April 2022 – 10 July 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byPosition Created
Federal Minister For Law and Justice
In office
31 October 2022 – 31 November 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byAzam Nazeer Tarar
Succeeded byAzam Nazeer Tarar
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-120 (Lahore-IV)
Majority18,921 (%12.2)
In office
13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
ConstituencyNA-129 (Lahore-VII)
Majority8,142 (%34.55)
In office
18 November 2002 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-122 (Lahore-V)
Majority18,893 (%45.89)
Personal details
Born (1954-10-17) 17 October 1954 (age 70)[1][2]
Lahore, West Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPMLN (2001–present)
Other political
affiliations
PTI (1996-1998)
Spouse
Reema Ayaz
(m. 1977)
[3]
Children3
Alma materAitchison College

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (Punjabi, Urdu: سردار اياز صادق; born 17 October 1954) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, having taken oath on 1 March 2024.

Sadiq previously served as the 17th Speaker of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2018. Sadiq is also notable for overseeing voting on the motion of no-confidence against Imran Khan in April 2022; the next day, he oversaw voting for the election of the subsequent Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-120 (Lahore-IV), having been elected to the Assembly in every election since 2002.[4]

  1. ^ "Ayaz Sadiq – a profile". Dawn. Pakistan. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Profile of Speaker". National Assembly of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Aleem Khan and Ayaz Sadiq are married to daughters of ex-LHC judges". The News International. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ^ "PML-N nominates Ayaz Sadiq for NA speaker's slot". ARY News. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.