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Chaudhary Muhammad Afzal Sahi
Sahi
Sahi or Shahi is a clan of jat , Rajput,Bhumihar and Arain mulims.- History :Sahis are primarily agrarians and found on either sides of Punjab...

born on November 1, 1949, at Faisalabad

Faisalabad

Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...

is a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i politician.
He is son of Chaudhry Nawab Khan Sahi, a famous landlord of Sahianwala

Sahianwala

Sahianwala is a Pakistani town located in Faisalabad District near Salarwala and M3 motorway. It has approximately a population of 1,500. It is located approximately 12 km from Chak No 14 Muradwala. Some of the famous personals from sahianwala are Maj Gen Akram Sahi, who is a native of this...

, and belongs to a noble Jat family. He got his early education from Government High School for Boys

Government High School for Boys

Government High School for Boys, Salarwala, was established as a junior Anglo-Vernacular School in 1920. It was promoted to its current high school status in 1937. A degree college is currently under construction...

Salarwala

Salarwala , is located in Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan. Latitude 33.66; Longitude 73.28. It is a town situated on the Faisalabad to Lahore railway section. It is one of the oldest railway stations of pre-partition days. Many people have used it as a starting point for a railway journey...

and then from Government college Faisalabad.He carried on with his education in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

and graduated from University of the Punjab

University of the Punjab

University of the Punjab , colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of the Punjab is the oldest and biggest University of Pakistan. The University of the Punjab was formally established with the convening of the first meeting of its...

(Lahore

Lahore

) in 1971.

District Government Faisalabad

He served as Member District Council Faisalabad for three consecutive terms from 1979 to 1991.He was also elected as Naib District Nazim,District Council, Faisalabad on 14-08-2001 and remained on this post until 24-08-2002, when he resigned to contest in the general elections of Punjab assembly.

Provincial Assembly of Punjab

Seeing his popularity rise, in 1985 he decided to participate in the non-party basis Punjab Assembly elections,the first elections ever to be held in his region.Muhammad Afzal Sahi was defeated by very few votes but the majority of the population was of the view that the elections were rigged.Mr. Sahi filed an election petition against these results which went in his favor and he was asked to take oath as member of the provincial assembly but the then government never allowed him to take oath until the assembly dissolved in 1988.
He remained undefeated from his constituency from 1985 till 2008.
He served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore in eastern Pakistan...

in 1988-90, 1990–93,
1993-96 and 1997-99.He functioned as Parliamentary Secretary for Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife during 1990-93 and as Minister for
Communications & Works in Punjab during 1997-99. He was elected for the fifth consecutive term as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the 2002 General Elections , and was elected as the Speaker

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore in eastern Pakistan...

.He remained on this post from November 27, 2002 to April 11, 2008.During this period he also functioned as governor of Punjab several times.
He is highly regarded in the political arena as a seasoned politician and plays an important part in the politics of Punjab.He is seen as a close ally of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi , is a Pakistani politician. He was the Chief Minister of Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab, from 2002 to 2007. He is a senior leader and Provincial President of Pakistan Muslim League, Punjab....

and as a senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

The Pakistan Muslim League or officially Pakistan Muslim League is a centrist, modern political party in Pakistan. The present form of PML-Q was formed prior to 2002 general elections....

Knighthood of Salman Rushdie

On 21 June 2007, Afzal Sahi, the speaker of the Punjab provincial assembly reflecting on the knighthood of Salman Rushdie said "blasphemers should be killed, I will murder a blasphemer if he comes across me.He said that he is first a Muslim and then a government official.He was the first high ranking government official to condemn this.This statement was welcomed by even the opposition members in the assembly, who appreciated Sahi's courage.

Family

Afzal Sahi's elder brother, Lt. Col. (Retd.) Ghulam Rasul Sahi, is vice president of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

The Pakistan Muslim League or officially Pakistan Muslim League is a centrist, modern political party in Pakistan. The present form of PML-Q was formed prior to 2002 general elections....

.His brother also remained the member of the National Assembly from 2002-2007

National Assembly of Pakistan

The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the bicameral Majlis-e-Shura, which also compromises the President of Pakistan and Senate . The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad...

.His son Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi is currently member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,he was elected from PP-52 in February 2008 elections.Sahi's younger brother, Maj.General Akram Sahi is serving Pakistan Army as a Major General.

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