Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan

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

|Order|Photo|Speaker|Time duration|Party|Province||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background-color: White"|1||Muhammad Ali Jinnah|11 August 1947 – 11 September 1948|Muslim League|Sindh|
|style="background-color: White"|2||Tamizuddin Khan|14 December 1948 – 24 October 1954|Muslim League|East-Bengal|
|style="background-color: White"|3||Abdul Wahab Khan|12 August 1955 – 7 October 1958|Muslim League|East-Bengal|
|style="background-color: White"|4||Tamizuddin Khan|11 June 1962 – 19 August 1963|Muslim League|East-Bengal|
|5||Fazlul Chaudhry|29 November 1963 – 12 June 1965|CML|East-Bengal||
|6||Abdul Jabbar Khan|12 June 1965 to 25 March 1969|CML|East-Bengal||
|style="background-color: Black"|7||Zulfikar Ali Bhutto|14 April 1972 – 12 April 1973|Pakistan Peoples Party|Sindh|
|style="background-color: Black"|8||Fazal Ilahi|15 August 1972 – 9 August 1973|Pakistan Peoples Party|Punjab|
|style="background-color: Black"|9||Farooq Ali|9 August 1973 – 27 March 1977|Pakistan Peoples Party|Punjab|
|style="background-color: Black"|10||Malik Meraj Khalid|27 March 1977 – 5 July 1977|Pakistan Peoples Party|Punjab|
|style = "background-color: DarkGreen"|11||Fakhar Imam|22 March 1985 – 26 May 1986|Pakistan Muslim League|Punjab|
|style = "background-color: DarkGreen"|12||Hamid Nasir|31 May 1986 – 3 December 1988|Pakistan Muslim League|Punjab|
|style="background-color: Black"|13||Malik Meraj Khalid|3 December 1988 – 4 November 1990|Pakistan Peoples Party|Punjab|
|style="background-color: DarkGreen"|14||Gohar Ayub|4 November 1990 – 17 October 1993|Muslim League (N)/IJI|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa|
|style="background-color: Black"|15||Yousaf Raza Gillani|17 October 1993 – 16 February 1997|Pakistan Peoples Party|Punjab|
|style="background-color: DarkGreen"|16||Elahi Bux Soomro|16 February 1997 – 20 August 2001|Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Sindh|
|style="background-color: Grey"|17||Amir Hussain|19 November 2002 – 19 March 2008|Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|Punjab|
|style="background-color: Black"|18||Fahmida Mirza|19 March 2008 – 3 June 2013|Pakistan Peoples Party|Sindh|
|style="background-color: DarkGreen"|19||Ayaz Sadiq|3 June 2013 – 22 August 2015|Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Punjab|
|style="background-color: DarkGreen"|-||Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting)|24 August 2015 – 9 November 2015|Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa|
|style="background-color: DarkGreen"|20||Ayaz Sadiq|9 November 2015 – 15 August 2018|Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Punjab|
|style="background-color: Red"|21||Asad Qaiser|15 August 2018 – 16 April 2022|Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|
|style="background-color: Black"|22||Raja Pervaiz Ashraf|16 April 2022 – present|Pakistan Peoples Party|Sindh|

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Speaker
- **body**:
the National Assembly of Pakistan
- **insignia**: Emblem of National Assembly of Pakistan.png
- **insigniasize**: 150px
- **image**: Raja Pervez Ashraf.jpg
- **incumbent**: Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
- **incumbentsince**: 16 April 2022
- **status**: Speaker (politics), Presiding officer
- **department**: National Assembly of Pakistan
- **style**: Speaker (politics), Mr. Speaker
<small>(Informal; while presiding the house)</small>
Honourable, Honourable Speaker
<small>(Formal)</small>
- **seat**: Islamabad
- **nominator**: List of political parties in Pakistan, Political parties
- **appointer**: Elected by the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly
- **termlength**: As long as National Assembly of Pakistan, the current assembly remains in power, the Speaker continues to exercise its authority
- **formation**: Constitution of Pakistan

- **first**: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

- **succession**: Line of succession to the President of Pakistan, Second
- **deputy**: Qasim Suri
- **website**: [http://www.na.gov.pk/en/speaker.php Speaker National Assembly]