Choudhary Ali Asjad Malhi | |
|---|---|
| President of PTI Daska | |
| Assumed office 13 April 2022 | |
| Chairman | Imran Khan Gohar Ali Khan |
| Member of National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 16 November 2002 –15 November 2008 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shujaat Hussain |
| Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication | |
| In office 4 September 2004 –15 November 2007 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | PTI (2014-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PML(Q) (2002-2014) |
Ali Asjad Malhi is a former Pakistani Minister and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Sialkot District. He served in the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.
Malhi belongs to a family of Bureaucrats and is a businessman by profession. [1] He is the nephew of Sikandar Hayat Malhi who was also a member of the National Assembly as well as the Punjab Provincial Assembly. [2] [3]
Malhi started his political career serving as District Naib Nazim [2]
He was later elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2002. He defeated the Independent candidate Armaghan Subhani. [4]
He served as Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications Division [5] as well as minister of State for Defense. [6]
Malhi was a former member of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2014. [1]
Malhi contested to become a member of the National Assembly from NA-75 Sialkot-IV but lost to PML-N Candidate Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan in the 2018 general election. [7]
In a 2021 by-election in NA-75 Sialkot-IV,Malhi lost to PML-N candidate Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar. [8]
Malhi among the key PTI leaders who were arrested [9] [10] and his house which was a rendezvous point was raided. [11]