The Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab (Urdu: اسپیکر پنجاب اسمبلی) is the presiding official of the Punjab Assembly. Informally, the Speaker is also called Speaker Punjab Assembly.
The office originated in 1921, before Pakistan became independent. It was re-established in 1951 in accordance with the Constitution; the Speaker presides over the chamber composed of Punjab's elected representatives. The Speaker is first in the line of succession to the Governor of Punjab. He also occupies the third position in the Warrant of Precedence, after the Governor and the Chief Minister. In addition, the Speaker takes a non-partisan approach to presiding over the Assembly, and he is its spokesman to the outside world. Former Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab + Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab Order Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab Duration of Service1Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler 03-01-1921 to 21-03-1922 2Herbert Alexander Casson 10-05-1922 to 16-01-19253Khan Bahadur Shahab-ud-Din Virk 03-12-1925 to 27-10-1926, 04-01-1927 to 26-07-1930, 25-10-1930 to 24-10-19364Rao Bahadur Chhotu Ram 20-10-1936 to 10-11-1936 5Khan Bahadur Shahab-ud-Din Virk 06-04-1937 to 19-03-1945 6Dewan Bahadur Singha 21-03-1946 to 04-07-19477Dr. Khalifa Shuja-ud-Din 07-05-1951 to 14-10-19558Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry 20-05-1956 to 07-10-19589Khan Bahadur Sheikh Faiz Muhammad 06-12-1962 to 08-06-196510Mubin-ul-Haq Siddiqui 12-06-1962 to 04-07-1963 11Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder 16-07-1963 to 12-06-1965, 12-06-1965 to 25-03-196912Rafiq Ahmad Sheikh 03-05-1972 to 11-04-197713Ch. Muhammad Anwar Bhinder 11-04-1977 to 11-04-197714Manzoor Wattoo 10-04-1985 to 02-12-1988, 02-12-1988 to 07-11-1990, 07-11-1990 to 25-11-199315Saeed Ahmed Khan 04-05-1993 to 19-10-199316Hanif Ramay 19-10-1993 to 19-02-1997 17Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi 19-02-1997 to 12-10-1999 18Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi 2002 to 200719Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan 2008 to 2013, 2013 to 201820Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi 16-08-2018 to 26-07-202221Muhammad Sibtain Khan 29-07-2022 - 24 February 202422Malik Ahmad Khan24 February 2024 - till date
See also Governor of Punjab, Pakistan Chief Minister of Punjab Senior Minister of Punjab (Pakistan) Leader of the Opposition of Punjab (Pakistan) Chief Secretary Punjab Provincial Assembly of Punjab Government of Punjab, Pakistan Punjab, Pakistan References