Sardar Saleem Haider Khan is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as Governor of Punjab, in office since 10 May 2024. Previously, he held the position of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development in federal cabinet under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Minister of State for Defence Production from 2008 to 2011, and

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from 2012 to 2013. Additionally, he had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 and is a member of the

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Political career

He ran for the seat of the

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as a candidate of

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(PPP) from Constituency PP-18 (Attock-IV) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 37,140 votes and lost the seat to Malik Muhammad Anwar, a candidate of

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(PML-Q). He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-59 (Attock-III) as a candidate of PPP in

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. He received 71,400 votes and defeated Waseem Gulzar, a candidate of PML-Q. In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed as Minister of State for Defence Production where he served until February 2011. In June 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed

where he served until March 2013. He ran for the seat of National Assembly from Constituency NA-59 (Attock-III) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 31,831 votes and lost the seat to

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. On 14 September 2022, Prime Minister

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appointed him as a Special Assistant in his federal cabinet. On 6 October, he assumed responsibility for leading the Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Division. He was granted the status of Minister of State on 9 December and served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development until 10 August 2023. After the

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, PPP and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) struck a power-sharing deal to establish a coalition government as none of the parties secured a simple majority. According to the PPP-PML-N agreement, PPP was assured various constitutional and executive positions, such as the

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, Senate chairmanship, governorships of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and

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, chief ministership of Balochistan, and deputy speakership of the National Assembly. On 4 May 2024, President

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approved the appointment of Khan as the Governor of Punjab. On 10 May, he took the oath of office as Governor of Punjab.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Sardar Salim Haider Living people Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 People from Attock District Politicians from Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan People's Party politicians Defence ministers of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people)