Ayaz Sadiq
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MNA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq |
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| 19th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 9 November 2015 |
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| Deputy | Murtaza Javed Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting) |
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In office 3 June 2013 – 22 August 2015 |
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| Deputy | Murtaza Javed Abbasi |
| Preceded by | Fahmida Mirza |
| Succeeded by | Murtaza Javed Abbasi (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 October 1954 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Political party |
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2001–present) |
| Alma mater |
Aitchison College Hailey College of Commerce |
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (Urdu: سردار اياز صادق; born 17 October 1954) is a Pakistani politician who is the 19th and current Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), Sadiq has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2002, representing Lahore.
In June 2013, Sadiq was elected to replace Fahmida Mirza as Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan following Mirza's retirement.
Sadiq was born on 17 October 1954 in Lahore to Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq and Attiya Sadiq. He belongs to Arain family hailing from Kasur, Punjab.
He completed his education from Aitchison College, Lahore. Imran Khan, Nisar Ali Khan, Pervaiz Khattak, Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Zulfiqar Ali Magsi were amongst his class fellows when Sadiq was enrolled in Aitchison College. In an interview, Sadiq said he was an average student.
Sadiq received degree in commerce from Hailey College of Punjab University in 1975.
Sadiq married to Reema Ayaz in 1977, and has a daughter and two sons. Sadiq is a son-in-law of former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Sardar Iqbal.
Since 1996, Sadiq has been a member of the Lahore Gymkhana Club.
Sadiq is a businessman by profession and has had business contracts with Pakistan Railways. He along with members of his family runs a non-profit hospital "Sardar Trust Eye Hospital".
Sadiq began his political career as a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the late 1990s when he was a close friend of PTI chairman Imran Khan. Both Imran Khan and Sadiq ran for elections together on PTI ticket however both lost the polls to Pakistan Muslim League (N) following which Sadiq left PTI in 1998 owing to differences with Imran Khan.
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