Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal is a

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businessman and politician who had been the

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Minister of

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for Information and Culture from 19 July 2019 to 2 December 2019. He also had been the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Industries, Commerce and Investment, in office from 27 August 2018 till 1 April 2022. He was elected as a member of the

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in 2024 and had previously been a member of the assembly from November 2002 to November 2007, from June 2013 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023. He also served as Senior Minister of Punjab from September 2022 till January 2023. He was chosen by the

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(PTI) to be candidate for Chief Minister of Punjab in the 2024 Punjab election.

Early life and education

He was born on 20 April 1969 in a famous

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family in

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. He holds a

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degree from

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, Lahore. He received the degree of

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(MBA) from

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in 1996.

Political career

Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

He was elected to the

as an independent candidate from PP-148 (Lahore-XII) in the

2002 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 14th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 10 October 2002, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North- ...

. He received 23,659 votes and defeated a candidate of

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. He was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Tourism in January 2003 where he served until 2007. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

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(PML(Q)) from PP-148 (Lahore-XII) in the

2008 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 15th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and North ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 16,734 votes and lost the seat to Hafiz Mian Muhammad Nauman, a candidate of

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(PML(N)), who received 40,975 votes.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the

(PTI) from PP-148 (Lahore-XII) in the

2013 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pa ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-151 (Lahore-VIII) in

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. He received 65,830 votes and defeated Baqir Hussain, a candidate of PML(N).

Ministership (2018-2023)

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and was appointed as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Industries, Commerce and Investment. During his tenure, he maintained a crackdown against

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under the Anti-Hoarding Ordinance. He further called upon departments for a crackdown on illegal profiteers calling them a ‘mafia’, whilst briefing meetings on price control. On 19 July 2019, he was given additional portfolio of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture. In December 2019, he resigned from additional portfolio of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture. In September 2022, he was appointed as senior minister of Punjab in

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’s provincial administration.

Candidate for Chief Minister of Punjab

He was selected by

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to be candidate for the position of Chief Minister of Punjab on behalf of PTI in early 2024 and ran from PP-170 Lahore-XXVII as a candidate of the PTI in the

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. He was unable to take the oath as a member of the assembly, following 2024 election. He was chosen by PTI to be Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Provincial Assembly but has been unable to take the post due to police threats of an arrest and has been temporarily replaced due to this. He has been supporting

and has been opposed to

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’s Chief Ministership and has criticized several policies made by the

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External links

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Profile

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iqbal, Mian Muhammad Aslam 1969 births Living people Politicians from Lahore Quaid-i-Azam University alumni Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Provincial ministers of Punjab