Awais Leghari | |
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اویس احمد خان لغاری | |
| Federal Minister for Power | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Khurram Dastgir |
| In office 4 October 2017 – 31 May 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Deputy | Abid Sher Ali (As Minister of State) |
| Minister for Railway | |
| In office 11 March 2024 – 17 March 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Shahid Ashraf Tarar (caretaker) |
| Federal Minister without portfolio | |
| In office 4 August 2017 – 4 October 2017 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications | |
| In office 23 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz |
| Federal Minister for Privatization and Investment | |
| In office 30 March 2006 – 24 April 2006 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
| Constituency | NA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | NA-173 (D.G.Khan-III) |
| In office 29 March 2011 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
| In office 24 October 2018 – 22 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | PP-292 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VIII) |
| In office 20 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Constituency | PP-204 (Rajanpur-I) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 22, 1971 Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | PMLN (2013-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PTI (2011-2013)[1] PML(Q) (2004-2011) National Alliance (2002-2004) Millat Party (1997–2002) |
| Relations | Jamal Leghari (brother)[2] |
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Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari (Urdu: اویس احمد خان لغاری; born 22 March 1971) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the Federal Minister of Energy in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif since 18 March 2024.He served as Federal Minister for Railway but removed by Prime Minister on 18 March 2024. Previously, he held the position of Federal Minister for Power in the Abbasi cabinet from October 2017 to May 2018. Leghari has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and again from March 2011 to May 2018. He was elected from NA-186 Dera Gazi Khan 3 in the 2024 general elections and has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Hurtling ahead: 'Clean' Tareen, Leghari brothers join PTI". 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Fourth generation of Legharis in Punjab Assembly". The News. 7 June 2013.