Asad Mehmood
Asad Mehmood is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician, who served as the Federal Minister for Communications from April 2022 to August 2023 and was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
He also served as the Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony.
He is an alumnus of Khair al-Madaris and also serves as the chancellor of Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom.
Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal from Constituency NA-37 (Tank) in the 2018 [Pakistani general election]. He received 28,504 votes and defeated Habib Ullah Khan Kundi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Following his successful election, MMA nominated him for the office of Deputy [Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan].On 15 August 2018, he lost the office to Qasim Suri. He also served as the Chairman of Standing Committee of National Assembly of Pakistan on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony. He took oath as a federal minister for Communications and Postal Services in First [Shehbaz Sharif ministry|Shahbaz Sharif Cabinet].
Personal life
Asad was born in 1985; he is the son of Fazal-ur-Rehman, former Leader of [the Opposition (Pakistan)|Leader of] and President of Pakistan Democratic Movement, and grandson of Mufti Mahmood, former Chief Minister of NWFP.He graduated from Jamia Qasim ul Uloom in Multan in 2010, taught there as a lecturer, and is its Chancellor.