Malik Amin Aslam

Malik Amin Aslam
Central Vice president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Assumed office
20 March 2013
Appointed by Electoral College
President Javed Hashmi
Vice President Ejaz Chaudhary
Hamid Khan
Asad Umar
Constituency Constituency NA-57
State Minister for Environment
In office
March 2008  December 2007
President Pervez Musharraf
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
Personal details
Born (1966-10-27) 27 October 1966
Karachi, Sindh
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Alma mater Aitchison College
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
McGill University
Oxford University
Profession Agriculturist
Religion Islam]]

Malik Amin Aslam is a Pakistani politician of Awan ethnicity. He is a leading environmentalistwith national and global repute with a number of publications to his credit. He has served as a Minister of State for Environment and is currently the Central Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Aslam was elected in 2002 as the Member of National Assembly affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League (Q) from NA-57 (Attock-I) and served as the state mister for environment till 2007. In 2008 elections he got narrowly defeated as an independent candidate by Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader by 299 votes. After joining PTI on November 19, 2011 he again contested 2013 elections from the same constituency and was narrowly defeated receiving 56,000 votes against opponents 59,000.[1][2]

Born in Karachi on November 27, 1966, Aslam got his early education from Aitchison College followed by BSc Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, in 1990 and an MBA in Finance from McGill University in 1993 and an MSc in Environmental Management from Oxford University in 1996. He worked as a private consultant with the World Bank and United Nations on environmental issues. Before entering politics, he served as the member of National Environmental Advisory Board and the Environmental Protection Council, he continues to be a member of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1997.[3] On Sep 13 2011 he was elected to serve on the governing council of International Union for Conservation of Nature for a four-year term.[4]Mal

He has always declared his assets or his tax accounts .[5]

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