Sahibzada Farooq Ali was the ninth Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan

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...

. He was elected from the city of Multan

Multan

Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...

. He belonged to Toor Tribe and was originally from village wayanwali near Ghakhar Mandi, Teh Wazirabad.

Career

Ali was the head of the Information and Public Relations department and the Arts and Culture department for Multan and Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...

. He was preceded by Fazal Elahi Chaudhry.