PROFILE OF SIXTEENTH PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PUNJAB
(2013 – 2018)
The Basic:
Date of Election: |
11 May 2013 |
Date of First Session |
01 June 2013 |
First Sitting Presided By |
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan |
Total Number of Members |
371 |
Members Who Took Oath on First Day |
339 |
Date of Last Sitting |
17 May 2018 |
Total Sessions |
36 |
Actual Working Days |
352 |
Total Working Days |
509 |
Speaker:
Date of Election/Oath |
03 June 2013 |
Total Candidates or Nominations |
2 |
Elected Speaker |
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan |
Tenure |
03 June 2013 to 15 August 2018 |
Deputy Speaker:
Date of Election/Oath |
03 June 2013 |
Total Candidates or Nominations |
2 |
Elected Deputy Speaker |
Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani |
Tenure |
03 June 2013 to 31 May 2018 |
Chief Minister:
Date of Ascertainment |
06 June 2013 |
Date of Oath |
06 June 2013 |
Elected Chief Minister |
Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif |
Tenure |
06 June 2013 to 08 June 2018 |
Leader of the Opposition:
Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed |
11 June 2013 to 31 May 2018 |
Secretaries (Senior):
Mr. Maqsood Ahmed Malik |
Continuing 01 June 2013 to 30 June 2013 |
Dr. Malik Aftab Maqbool Joiya |
01 July 2013 to 25 July 2013 |
Rai Mumtaz Hussain Babar |
26 July 2013 to 30 October 2013 (officiating); 31 October 2013 to 31 May 2018 and Continuing as such till 16 December 2018 |
Miscellaneous:
Dissolution |
Governor dissolved Assembly on 31 May 2018 under Article 107 |