Asad Qaiser

Asad Qiasar Khan
اسد قیصر خان
Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Assumed office
30 May 2013
Deputy Imtiaz Shahid
Preceded by Karamt Ullah Chagrmatti
Constituency Swabi
President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
March 2013 – 4 December 2013
President Javed Hashmi
Succeeded by Azam Swati
Personal details
Born November 1969 (age 46)
Swabi
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Alma mater University of Peshawar
Occupation Politician
Religion Muslim

Asad Qiasar Khan (Arabic: 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 very respected family of the Malik's 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.[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 against his candidate from PML-N, the result was changed (pressing down when he became the Speaker) and then got elected by the provincial assembly, as Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. Although there is a lot of resentment against him in the entire party for exceeding his jurisdiction and violating laws/direct orders from the center al secretariat however he still enjoyes his position in the party.

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