PROFILE OF FIFTEENTH PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PUNJAB
(2008 – 2013)
The Basic:
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Date of Election: |
18 February 2008 |
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Date of First Session |
09 April 2008 |
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First Sitting Presided By |
Ch. Muhammad Afzal Sahi |
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Total Number of Members |
371 |
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Members Who Took Oath on First Day |
352 |
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Date of Last Session |
26 February 2013 |
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Total Sessions |
45 |
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Actual Working Days |
302 |
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Total Working Days |
414 |
Speaker:
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Date of Election/Oath |
11 April 2008 |
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Total Candidates or Nominations |
Unopposed |
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Elected Speaker |
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan |
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Tenure |
11 April 2008 to 03 June 2013 |
Deputy Speaker:
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Date of Election/Oath |
11 April 2008 |
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Total Candidates/Nominations |
Unopposed |
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Elected Deputy Speaker |
Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan |
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Tenure |
11 April 2008 to 20 March 2013 |
First Chief Minister:
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Date of Ascertainment |
12 April 2008 |
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Date of Oath |
12 April 2008 |
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Date of Vote of Confidence |
18 April 2008 |
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Elected Chief Minister |
Sirdar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa |
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Tenure |
12 April 2008 to 06 June 2008 |
Second Chief Minister:
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Date of Ascertainment |
08 June 2008 |
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Date of Oath |
08 June 2008 |
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Date of Vote of Confidence |
09 June 2008 |
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Elected Chief Minister |
Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif |
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Tenure |
08 June 2008 to 27 March 2013 |
Leader of the Opposition:
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Ch. Zahir-ud-Din Khan |
04 August 2008 to 03 March 2011 |
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Raja Riaz Ahmed |
03 March 2011 to 20 March 2013 |
Secretaries:
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Dr. Malik Aftab Maqbool Joiya |
12 March 2008 to 04 May 2008 |
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Mr. Maqsood Ahmed Malik |
05 May 2008 to 26 February 2009 11 June 2009 to 28 October 2009 |
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Mr. Muhammad Khan Bhatti |
27 February 2009 to 10 June 2009 29 October 2009 to date |
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Mr. Maqsood Ahmed Malik (Senior Secretary) |
29 October 2009 to 31 May 2013 |
Miscellaneous:
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Dissolution |
In terms of Article 112 (1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Governor, on the advice of Chief Minister Punjab, dissolved Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 20 March 2013 |