Tahir Sadiq Khan


Tahir Sadiq Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Early life

Khan was born into a Khattar family.
He completed graduation from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1971. After retiring from the Pakistan Army with the rank of major, he joined Punjab civil service where he served for seven years.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League from Constituency PP-12 in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 36,051 votes and defeated Muhammad Shawez Khan.
In 2017, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-55 and from Constituency NA-56 in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 145,168 votes from Constituency NA-55 and defeated Sheikh Aftab Ahmed and received 163,325 votes from Constituency NA-56 and defeated Malik Sohail Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League . In the same election, he was also re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-3. He received 62,337 votes and defeated Asif Ali Malik.
Following his election, he decided to retain his National Assembly seat NA-55 and abandon his national assembly seat NA-56 and Punjab assembly seat PP-3.