Choudhary Ali Asjad Malhi | |
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President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Daska | |
Assumed office 13 April 2022 | |
Chairman | Imran Khan |
Member of National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2008 | |
President | Pervez Musharraf |
Prime Minister | Shujaat Hussain |
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication | |
In office 4 September 2004 – 15 November 2007 | |
President | Pervez Musharraf |
Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | PTI (2014-present) |
Other political affiliations | PML-Q (2002-2014) |
Ali Asjad Malhi is a former Pakistani Minister and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Sialkot District. He served in the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.
Malhi belongs to a family of Bureaucrats and is a businessman by profession.[1] He is the nephew of Sikandar Hayat Malhi who was also a member of the National Assembly as well as the Punjab Provincial Assembly.[2][3]
Malhi started his political career serving as District Naib Nazim [2]
He was later elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2002. He defeated the Independent candidate Armaghan Subhani.[4]
He served as Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications Division[5] as well as minister of State for Defense.[6]
Malhi was a former member of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2014.[1]
Malhi contested to become a member of the National Assembly from NA-75 Sialkot-IV but lost to PML-N Candidate Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan in the 2018 general election.[7]
In a 2021 bye election in NA-75 Sialkot-IV, Malhi lost to PML-N candidate Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar.[8]
Malhi among the key PTI leaders who were arrested [9][10] and his house which was a rendezvous point was raided.[11]