Abdul Aleem Khan | |
|---|---|
| Federal Minister for Privatisation | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Fawad Hasan Fawad |
| Federal Minister for Communications | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Shahid Ashraf Tarar |
| Chairman of the Board of Investment | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | [Mr. Rahim Hayat Qureshi (Acting)] |
| President of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
| Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
| Constituency | NA-117 Lahore-I |
| Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food | |
| In office 13 April 2020 – 26 November 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
| Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Governments and Community Development | |
| In office 27 August 2018 – 6 February 2019 | |
| Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
| Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
| Provincial Minister of Punjab for Planning and Development | |
| In office 27 August 2018 – 6 February 2019 | |
| Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
| Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
| Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information Technology | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Governor | Khalid Maqbool |
| Chief Minister | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 15 August 2018 – 20 May 2022 | |
| Speaker | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| Succeeded by | Mian Akram Usman |
| Constituency | PP-158 (Lahore-XV) |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Constituency | PP-147 (Lahore-XI) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1970 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party |  IPP (2023-present) |
| Other political affiliations |  PTI (2012–2022) PML-Q (2002–2012) |
Abdul Aleem Khan (born 5 March 1970) is a Pakistani politician and businessman from Lahore. Abdul Aleem Khan currently serves as a member of the National Assembly after being elected from Constituency NA 117, Shahdara Lahore in the general elections held on February 8th 2024.[1] Abdul Aleem Khan owns Samaa TV and Vision Group. He was also the Senior Minister of Punjab and Minister of Food from 2020 to 2021. He also served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to 2021. He announced his separation from politics on Twitter in a tweet.[2] Later in a statement to the media, he said that he had no intentions of joining politics again and that he would focus on the welfare work done through the Abdul Aleem Khan Foundation but soon after the economic crisis and instability in Pakistan, he decided to join politics again and launched the political party along with renowned politician Jahangir Khan Tareen named the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party in June 2023 to help the natio. He is a founding member and president of the party.[3][4][5]
He functioned as Senior Minister of the Punjab and Minister for Local Government & Community Development during 2018 – 19 under Imran Khan's government but stepped down after his arrest in a fabricated corruption case involving offshore companies in the Panama Leaks and assets beyond means.[6] He was member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2003 to 2007 and served as Provincial Minister for Information Technology of Punjab during the same period.
- ^ https://na.gov.pk/en/index.php
- ^ @abdul_aleemkhan (26 November 2021). "وزیراعظم عمران خان سے آج ھونے والی ملاقات میں اُنہیں قائل کیا ھے اپنے نیوز چینل سماء نیوز کے حوالے سے غیر جانبداری قائم رکھنے کے لئے ضروری ھے میرے پاس کوئی حکومتی عہدہ نہ ھو لہذا وہ بطور سینئر وزیر/وزیر خوراک حکومت پنجاب اب میرا استعفی قبول فرما لیں۔ 1/2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "I am pleased to announce Abdul Aleem Khan as the President of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. Aamir Mehmood Kiyani as Secretary General. Awn Chaudhary as Additional Secretary General & Spokesperson of the Party as well as of the Patron-in-Chief. More announcements to follow Inshallah'".
- ^ "Aleem, Awn Chaudhry dismiss reports of forming 'new party'".
- ^ "Jahangir Tareen launches 'grandiose' Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party'". 8 June 2023.
- ^ "PTI's Aleem Khan arrested by NAB". The Express Tribune. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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