Pakistani politician and former business executive
Asad Umar
SI
اسدعمر
Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives
In office 19 November 2019 – 10 April 2022
President
Arif Alvi
Prime Minister
Imran Khan
Preceded by
Khusro Bakhtiar
Succeeded by
Ahsan Iqbal
Chairman Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs
In office 8 May 2019 – 30 November 2019
President
Arif Alvi
Prime Minister
Imran Khan
Succeeded by
Faiz Ullah Kamoka
Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs
In office 20 August 2018 – 18 April 2019
President
Arif Alvi
Prime Minister
Imran Khan
Deputy
Hammad Azhar (Minister of State for Revenue)
Preceded by
Shamshad Akhtar (caretaker)
Succeeded by
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh (Finance and Revenue Advisor), Hammad Azhar (Economic Affairs Minister)
Chairman Standing Committee on Industries and Production
In office 2013–2018
President
Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
Succeeded by
Sajid Hussain Turi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023
Constituency
NA-54 (Islamabad-III)
In office 16 September 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency
NA-48 (Islamabad-I)
Secretary General of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
In office 25 December 2021 – 24 May 2023
Chairman
Imran Khan
Personal details
Born
(1961-09-08) 8 September 1961 (age 62) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Relatives
Muhammad Zubair Umar (brother)
Alma mater
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
Awards
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Website
asadumar.pk
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Asad Umar (Urdu: اسد عمر; born 8 September 1961) is a Former Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from September 2013 till May 2018 and again from August 2018 to January 2023. He served as the Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives, from 19 November 2019 to 10 April 2022.
He has previously served as Chairman House Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs from 8 May 2019 to 30 November 2019 and as Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan from 20 August 2018 to 18 April 2019. Prior to entering politics, he was a business executive, serving as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Engro Corporation from 2004 to 2012.[1] He served as secretary-general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from December 2021 to May 24, 2023. He tendered his resignation from party positions due to violent attacks that took place on May 9 on military installations allegedly as a response of PTI protestors against the arrest of Imran Khan in Al Qadir Trust case.[2][3]
^"Corporate titan: After 27 years at Engro, Asad Umar calls it a day". The Express Tribune. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^"Asad Umar steps down from PTI leadership roles". Daily Pakistan Global. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^"Imran Khan's close aide Asad Umar resigns as PTI's Secretary General". The Hindu. 25 May 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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