Abdul Aleem Khan currently serves as a member of the National Assembly after being elected from Constituency NA 117 after rigged election and on the basis of form 47, from Shahdara Lahore in the general elections held on 8 February 2024.
26 Facts About Aleem Khan
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Abdul Aleem Khan owns PEMRA Samaa TV and Vision Group.
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Aleem Khan was the Senior Minister of Punjab and Minister of Food from 2020 to 2021.
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Aleem Khan served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to 2021.
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Aleem Khan announced his separation from politics on Twitter in a tweet.
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Aleem Khan is a founding member and the incumbent president of the party.
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Aleem Khan was born on 5 March 1970 in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Aleem Khan received his early education from Crescent Model Higher Secondary School, Lahore.
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Aleem Khan graduated from the Government College University, Lahore in 1992 and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.
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Aleem Khan is the owner of Vision Group, a real estate development company in Pakistan owning ventures such as Park View City Lahore and Islamabad, Samaa TV and CineStar Lahore and Multan.
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Abdul Aleem Khan made his political debut in 2002 and contested for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League from Constituency NA-127 in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.
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Aleem Khan received 20,545 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.
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Aleem Khan was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-147 in the by-elections held in January 2003 Aleem Khan received 18,059 votes and defeated Ameer ul Azim, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.
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Aleem Khan remained as the Provincial Minister for Information Technology of Punjab till 2007.
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Aleem Khan contested for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-127 in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.
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Aleem Khan contested for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-122 in by-election held in October 2015 but was unsuccessful.
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Aleem Khan received 72,043 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
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Aleem Khan was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-158 in 2018 Pakistani general election.
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Aleem Khan was later given the status of a senior minister in the cabinet.
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Abdul Aleem Khan announced his resignation from the ministry in a tweet and after a silence of few months he decided to launch his own party Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party in June 2023 amid the worsening economic conditions persisting in Pakistan.
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Aleem Khan is a founding member and was appointed as president of the party.
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Aleem Khan lost the 2015 by-election for the National Assembly due to alleged rigging.
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Aleem Khan submitted a petition with the Election Commission of Pakistan with evidence, but it was not accepted.
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On 6 February 2019, the National Accountability Bureau arrested Aleem Khan for owning assets beyond known sources of income within Pakistan and abroad.
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Aleem Khan made two financial transactions of Rs 198 million and Rs 140 million during his tenure as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information Technology between 2002 and 2007.
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Aleem Khan's counsel provided a complete money trail for these transactions.