Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan

Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Incumbent Raja Pervaiz Ashraf since 16 April 2022
National Assembly of Pakistan
Style	Mr. Speaker (Informal; while presiding the house) Honourable Speaker (Formal)
Status	Presiding officer
Seat	Islamabad
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	Elected by the National Assembly
Term length	As long as the current assembly remains in power, the Speaker continues to exercise its authority
Formation	Constitution of Pakistan (12 April 1973)
First holder	Muhammad Ali Jinnah (11 August 1947)
Succession	Second
Deputy	Qasim Suri
Website	Speaker National Assembly

The Speaker's is the highest office of the National Assembly of Pakistan. The Speaker presides over the Session composed of the people's representatives elected on the basis of universal franchise.

Background

The Speaker is second in the line of succession to the President and he occupies fourth position in the Warrant of Precedence, after the President, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of Senate.

In addition, the Speaker is the spokesman of the House to the outside world, and is non-partisan in his approach. In order to exercise the great authority that stems from the respect, affection and consideration which every Member of the House bestows upon the holder of this high office, the Speaker shows complete impartiality in the discharge of his functions.

When the National Assembly is dissolved he continues in his office, till a new Speaker is elected.

List of speakers

List of speakers of the National Assembly

These are the names of speakers and presidents of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

  Muslim League/Convention Muslim League

  Pakistan Muslim League/IJI/Pakistan Muslim League (N)

  PML (Q)

  Pakistan Peoples Party

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

List of speakers of the National Assembly

N	Photo	Speaker	Time duration	Party	Province
1		Muhammad Ali Jinnah	11 August 1947 – 11 September 1948	Muslim League	Sindh
–		Tamizuddin Khan(Acting)	14 December 1948 – 24 October 1954		East-Bengal
2		Abdul Wahab Khan	12 August 1955 – 7 October 1958		East-Bengal
–		Tamizuddin Khan(Acting)	11 June 1962 – 19 August 1963		East-Bengal
3		Fazlul Quader Chowdhury	29 November 1963 – 12 June 1965	CML	East-Bengal
4		Abdul Jabbar Khan	12 June 1965 – 25 March 1969		East-Bengal
5		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	14 April 1972 – 15 August 1972	Pakistan Peoples Party	Sindh
6		Fazal Ilahi	15 August 1972 – 9 August 1973		Punjab
7		Farooq Ali	9 August 1973 – 27 March 1977		Punjab
8		Malik Meraj Khalid	27 March 1977 – 5 July 1977		Punjab
9		Fakhar Imam	22 March 1985 – 26 May 1986	Pakistan Muslim League	Punjab
10		Hamid Nasir	31 May 1986 – 3 December 1988		Punjab
11		Malik Meraj Khalid	3 December 1988 – 4 November 1990	Pakistan Peoples Party	Punjab
12		Gohar Ayub	4 November 1990 – 17 October 1993	Muslim League (N)/IJI	Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
13		Yousaf Raza Gillani	17 October 1993 – 16 February 1997	Pakistan Peoples Party	Punjab
14		Elahi Bux Soomro	16 February 1997 – 20 August 2001	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Sindh
15		Amir Hussain	19 November 2002 – 19 March 2008	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	Punjab
16		Fahmida Mirza	19 March 2008 – 3 June 2013	Pakistan Peoples Party	Sindh
17		Ayaz Sadiq	3 June 2013 – 22 August 2015	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Punjab
_		Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting)	24 August 2015 – 9 November 2015		Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
17		Ayaz Sadiq	9 November 2015 – 15 August 2018		Punjab
18		Asad Qaiser	15 August 2018 – 10 April 2022	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
_		Qasim Suri (Acting)	10 April 2022 – 16 April 2022		Balochistan
19		Raja Pervaiz Ashraf	16 April 2022 – 1 March 2024	Pakistan Peoples Party	Punjab
20		Ayaz Sadiq	1 March 2024 – Incumbent	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Punjab