Faisal Karim Kundi

Faisal Karim Kundi
17th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
March 19, 2008
President Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by Sadar Muhammad Yaqoob
Succeeded by Murtaza Javed Abbasi
Constituency NA-24 D.I.Khan
Member of National Assembly
Personal details
Born (1975-01-01) January 1, 1975
D.I.Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Political party Pakistan Peoples Party
Residence 19, Minister's Enclave, Islamabad, Pakistan
Profession Law, Agriculturist
Religion Islam
Website PPP Urdu Website

Faisal Karim Kundi (born January 1, 1975) was elected Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan on 19 March 2008.[1] He had been elected as the youngest Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.

Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi comes from a well known political and agriculturist family of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Born in 1975 in Dera Ismail Khan, he graduated from Thames Valley University in London.

He contested the election for NA-24 against Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman in February elections 2008 and got 85000 votes with a victory of 40,000 votes.

Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi had served the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) as divisional coordinator in Dera Ismail Khan.

His father Mr Fazal Karim Kundi had defeated Maulana Fazal-ur Rehman in 1990 on PPP ticket. His maternal grandfather, Justice (Retd) Faizulllah Khan Kundi served as federal minister with Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Faisal Karim Kundi’s great grandfather Barrister Abdul Rahim Kundi was the first deputy speaker of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

Murtaza Javed Abbasi succeeds Faisal Karim Kundi as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Asim Yasin (March 18, 2008). "PPP names Fahmida, Kundi speaker, deputy". The News (Pakistan). ISSN 1563-9479. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the post of speaker National Assembly". Dawn. Herald. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.


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