Provincial Assembly Fourth Profile Print

The Basic

Date of Election Jan 19, 1956
Date of First Session May 19, 1956 to Jun 5, 1956
First Sitting Presided by Mumtaz Hassan Qizilbash
Total Number of Members 310
Members who took Oath on First Day 179
Date of Last Session Aug 25, 1958 to Aug 28, 1958
Total Sessions 6 sessions
Actual Working Days 80

Speaker

Date of Election/Oath May 20, 1956
Total candidates/Nominations 2
Elected Speaker Ch Fazal Elahi
Proposed by Syed Jameel Hussain Rizvi
Tenure May 20, 1956 to Oct 7, 1958

Deputy Speaker/Sr Deputy Speaker 

Date of Election/Oath Sep 21, 1957
Total candidates/Nominations Unopposed
Elected Deputy Speaker Syed Mehr Ali Shah Bokhari
Tenure Sep 21, 1957 to Oct 7, 1958

Chief Minister   

Dr Khan Sahib  
Date of Oath Oct 14, 1955
Tenure Oct 14, 1955 to Jul 16, 1957
Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan
Date of Oath Jul 16, 1957
Tenure Jul 16, 1957 to 18-3-1958
Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan Qizlibash
Date of Oath Mar 18, 1958
Tenure Mar 18, Oct 7, 1958 to Oct 7, 1958

Leader of the opposition   

Sardar Bahadur Khan 1956 to 1958

Secretaries

Hakim Ahmad Shuja Aug 15, 1947 to Oct 15, 1958

Miscellaneous

Dissolution The Assembly stood dissolved with the proclamation of Martial Law on 7-10-1958