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Sahibzada Farooq Ali
صاهب زادا فاروق علی
9th Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
9 August 1973 – 27 March 1977
Deputy Ashraf Khatoon Abbasi
Preceded by Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Succeeded by Malik Meraj Khalid
Personal details
Born (1931-09-05)5 September 1931
Ghakhar Mandi, British Raj
(now Pakistan)
Died 29 November 2020(2020-11-29) (aged 89)
Multan, Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Peoples Party

Sahibzada Farooq Ali (5 September 1931 – 29 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician, the ninth Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan. He was elected from the city of Multan.

Early life

Sahibzada Farooq Ali was born on 5 September 1931. He belonged to the Toor tribe and was native of Wayanwali village near Ghakhar Mandi in Pakistan's Wazirabad.

Career

Ali was the head of the Information and Public Relations department and the Arts and Culture department for Multan and Bahawalpur before going to the parliament. He was the chairman of the Special Committee of the whole House of the National Assembly of Pakistan, proceedings of which were held in camera to consider the Ahmadiyya issue. The Special Committee unanimously adopted a resolution on September 7, 1974, to declare the Ahmadiyya Movement and its offshoot, the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam to be non-Muslims.

Death

Sahibzada Farooq Ali died on 29 November 2020 in Multan. His funeral prayers were held at Shahi Eidgah and was attended by large number of people.

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