{{Short description|Pakistani politician}} {{confused|text=the Pakistani politician Asad Mehmood (politician, born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Asad Mehmood | image = | office = Minister of Communications | term_start = 19 April 2022 | term_end = 10 August 2023 | office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start1 = 13 August 2018 | term_end1 = 10 August 2023 | constituency1 = NA-37 (Tank) | office7 = Muhtamim of Jamia Qasim-ul-Uloom | term_start7 = 2016 | term_end7 = | predecessor7 = | successor7 = Incumbent | birth_name = Asad Mehmood | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1985}} | birth_place = Abdul Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | other_party = Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (2018-2025) (a political alliance that included the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) party) | party = Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mehsud |first1=Rehmat|date=January 16, 2024 |title=Pakistan religious party leader warned of militant threat as security concerns rise ahead of national polls |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2435526/pakistan |website=arabnews.com |publisher=Arab News |access-date=21 June 2025}}</ref> | father = Fazal-ur-Rehman<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Javed |title=MMA announces name of Fazl's son as nominee for NA deputy speaker post |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1425550 |access-date=8 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=7 August 2018}}</ref> | relations = Mufti Mahmud (grand father)<br/>Atta-ur-Rehman (uncle)<br/>Lutf ur Rehman (uncle) | alma_mater = {{ubl|Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom|Jamia Khairul Madaris}} | order = | office2 = Chairman Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony | term_start2 = 11 February 2020 | predecessor2 = | president2 = | prime_minister2 = | prime_minister = Shehbaz Sharif | president = Arif Alvi | predecessor = Murad Saeed | term_end2 = 10 August 2023 }}
'''Asad Mehmood'''<ref>{{cite web |title=MMA nominates Maulana Asad Mehmood as deputy speaker NA |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/206517-mma-nominates-maulana-asad-mehmood-as-deputy-speaker-na |website=geo.tv |publisher=Geo Television Network |access-date=21 June 2025}}</ref> ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|اسعد محمود}}}}; born 1985) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician, who served as the Federal Minister for Communications from April 2022 to August 2023 and was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till 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 also serves as the chancellor of Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom.
==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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Party-wise breakdown of NA seats as unofficial final results pour in |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/204914-party-wise-breakdown-of-na-seats-as-unofficial-final-results-pour-in |access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> He received 28,504 votes and defeated Habib Ullah Khan Kundi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.<ref>{{cite web |title=NA-37 Result - Election Results 2018 - Tank - NA-37 Candidates - NA-37 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/NA-37 |access-date=1 August 2018 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> Following his successful election, MMA nominated him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=MMA nominates Maulana Asad Mehmood as deputy speaker NA |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/206517-mma-nominates-maulana-asad-mehmood-as-deputy-speaker-na |access-date=14 August 2018 |work=Geo News}}</ref>
On 15 August 2018, he lost the office to Qasim Suri.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 August 2018 |title=PTI's Asad Qaiser sworn in as NA speaker amid opposition ruckus |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1427135/ptis-asad-qaiser-sworn-in-as-na-speaker-amid-opposition-ruckus |access-date=15 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=34-member cabinet takes oath today |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/951435-federal-cabinet-finalised-alvi-refuses-to-swear-it-in}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-61147300 | title=وفاقی کابینہ میں شامل وزرا کون ہیں؟ | newspaper=BBC News اردو }}</ref>
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