Asif Ali Malik (born June 8, 1948) is a Pakistani former politician and lawyer. He served as a Provincial Parliamentary Secretary for Housing between 1997 and 1999, as a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, also known as the Punjab Assembly, is the supreme legislative body of Punjab, a province of Pakistan. It convenes at the Assembly Building in Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is a unicameral legislature o ...

between 1997 and 2001 and as Vice Chairman of the Punjab Bar Council between 2009 and 2010.

Early life and education

Asif Ali Malik was born Dhallian, District Attock on June 8, 1948. He graduated with a

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

from the

Punjab University Law College Punjab University Law College (PULC) is a public sector law school of University of the Punjab, Canal Road (Quaid e Azam) Campus, Lahore. It is the oldest law institute in Pakistan which was established in 1868, 14 years before Punjab Universi ...

, Lahore.

Career

Malik practiced as an advocate. In 1979 he also became involved in locals politics as secretary of the

Pakistan Muslim League The Pakistan Muslim League (; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the centre-right platform in the country. The ''Muslim League'' (the original successor of the All-India Muslim ...

for

Attock Attock ( Punjabi, ), formerly known as Campbellpur (Punjabi, ), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, not far from the country's capital Islamabad. It is the headquarters of the Attock District and is 36th largest city in the Punjab and 61st largest c ...

for twelve years. In 1997, he was to the

. That year he was also appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering. He as elected as the Vice-chairman Punjab Bar Council in the year 2009.

Personal life

Asif Ali Malk is married to the sister of former leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan (; born 31 July 1954) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Ministry of Interior (Pakistan), Interior Minister from 2013 to 2017. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till ...

. He has two sons and two daughters.

References

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