Sardar Asif Nakai Explained

Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai
Office:	Provincial Minister of Punjab for Exice and Taxation
Term Start:	5 August 2022
Term End:	14 January 2023
Office1:	Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Term Start1:	15 August 2018
Term End1:	14 January 2023
Term Start2:	20 March 2008
Term End2:	31 May 2018
Party:	IPP (2023-present)
Birth Date:	28 August 1958
Birth Place:	Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan
Father:	Sardar Arif Nakai
Otherparty:	PTI (2018-2023) PML-Q (2002-2018)
Constituency1:	PP-180 Kasur-VII

Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai is a Pakistani politician who was Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works, in office from 27 August 2018 till April 2022. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to 2018 and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.

Early life and education

He was born on 28 August 1960 in Kasur.^[1] He is a direct descendant of Heera Singh Sandhu founder of the Nakai Misl; hence is also related to Maharani Datar Kaur, wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

He graduated in 1983 form University of the Punjab and has the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He contested and won from both NA-140 and NA-141 in 2002. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-141 (Kasur-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election.^{[2] [3]} In September 2004, he was inducted into the federal cabinet and was made Minister of State for Housing and Works.^[4]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-183 (Kasur-IX) in 2008 Pakistani general election.^[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-183 (Kasur-IX) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^{[6] [7]}

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-180 (Kasur-VII) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.^[8]

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Communication and Works.^[9]

He is running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-180 Kasur-VII as a candidate of the IPP in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Punjab Assembly. www.pap.gov.pk. 26 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620060725/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1031. 20 June 2017.
2. News: Educational background of state ministers. 26 January 2018. DAWN.COM. 6 September 2004. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810092608/https://www.dawn.com/news/369652. 10 August 2017.
3. Web site: 12th National Assembly members. National Assembly of Pakistan. 26 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161213071436/http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/12th%20National%20Assembly.pdf. 13 December 2016.
4. News: 26 state ministers take oath. 26 January 2018. brecorder. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126093200/http://fp.brecorder.com/2004/09/2004090556433/. 26 January 2018.
5. Web site: Punjab Assembly. www.pap.gov.pk. 26 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706081010/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/643. 6 July 2017.
6. Web site: Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election. ECP. 20 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180120053951/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf. 20 January 2018.
7. News: List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats. 18 January 2018. The News. 13 May 2013. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935. 16 January 2018.
8. Web site: PP-180 Result - Election Results 2018 - Kasur 7 - PP-180 Candidates - PP-180 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk . www.thenews.com.pk . 28 August 2018 . en.
9. News: Malik . Mansoor . Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios . 8 September 2018 . DAWN.COM . 28 August 2018.
10. Web site: 2023-04-19 . List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab 2023 . 2023-04-21 . Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf . en.