Asad Mehmood

Asad Mehmood^[4] (Urdu: اسعد محمود; born 1985) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023 and also served as the Federal Minister for Communications from April 2022 to August 2023. He also served as the Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony. He is an alumnus of Khair al-Madaris and the chancellor of Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom.

Asad Mehmood
Minister of Communications
In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Preceded by	Murad Saeed
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
Constituency	NA-37 (Tank)
Chairman Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
In office 11 February 2020 – 10 August 2023
Muhtamim of Jamia Qasim-ul-Uloom
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Personal details
Born	Asad Mehmood 1985 (age 39–40) Abdul Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Political party	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)[1]
Other political affiliations	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (2018-2025) (a political alliance that included the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) party)
Relations	Mufti Mahmud (grand father), Atta-ur-Rehman (uncle), Lutf ur Rehman (uncle)[2]
Parent	Fazal-ur-Rehman[3] (father)
Alma mater	Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom Jamia Khairul Madaris

Personal life

Asad was born in 1985; he is the son of Fazal-ur-Rehman, former Leader of and President of Pakistan Democratic Movement, and grandson of Mufti Mahmood, former Chief Minister of NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

He graduated from Jamia Qasim ul Uloom in Multan in 2010, taught there as a lecturer, and is its Chancellor.^[5]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from Constituency NA-37 (Tank) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[6] He received 28,504 votes and defeated Habib Ullah Khan Kundi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.^[7] Following his successful election, MMA nominated him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.^[8] On 15 August 2018, he lost the office to Qasim Suri.^[9] He also served as the Chairman of Standing Committee of National Assembly of Pakistan on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony. He took oath as a federal minister for Communications and Postal Services in Shahbaz Sharif Cabinet.^[10]