Asad Qaiser
Vorlage:EngvarB Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Infobox officeholder Chaudhry Asad Qiasar Khan چودھری اسد قیصر خان is the 14th and current Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.As a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, he was elected as member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Asad Qaisar is one of the founding and prominent workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in KPK.He is also the current president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter.[1][2][3]
Early life
Asad Qaiser was born on 15 November 1969 in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He belongs to a lower middle class family of the Gujjars in the village of Marghuz, Swabi District. He received his early education from Government higher secondary school in Marghuz, and later graduated from University of Peshawar.He started his career as educationist and founded Quaid-e-Azam public school in the town of Zaida, Swabi District.[4] Through the school he formed associations with the prominent figures of the area through the students in this institute being the principal and founder of that institute. The institute was a joint enterprise and there have been controversies regarding his ownership of the institute followed by a murder allegation which was swindled by ransom.[5][6]
Political career
Prior to joining PTI, Asad Qaiser was an active member of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing.He joined PTI in 1996 and began his career in PTI as a worker and rose to the rank of district president of Swabi.He was initially appointed as the provincial President of PTI in 2008;the office he held till 2011 when the provincial leadership was dissolved by chairman PTI Imran Khan prior to the Intra-Party elections.In March 2013, he swept the Intra Party elections by defeating Parvez Khattak by 14 votes.[7] In the 2013 general elections he stood from NA-13 SWABI-II and PK-35 SWABI-V where he was elected as legislator from both but he held on to PK-35 SWABI-V constituency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by 2600 unaccounted votes againts his candidate from PML-N (which was pressed down when he became the Speaker) and then elected by the provincial assembly, as Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. Although there is alot of recentment against him in the entire party for exceeding his jurisdiction and violating laws/direct orderes from the center al secretariat however he still enjoyes his position in the party.
References
See also
- ↑ Asad elected as KP PTI president. The News, 28. Februar 2013.
- ↑ PTI supports Pak-Iran gas project: Asad Qaiser. The Frontier Post, März 2013.
- ↑ imran-nominates-asad-qaiser-for-kp-speaker. Daily Dawn, 18. Mai 2013.
- ↑ Directors of Quaid-e-Azam Public School.
- ↑ PTI Finalize Names for Party Tickets./
- ↑ Asad Qaiser Elected as president PTI KPK.
- ↑ Asad Qaiser elected PTI KP president. The Frontier Post, März 2008.