Sardar Sayab Khalid

Sardar Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan (; 26 March 1940 – 20 March 2023) was a Pakistani politician. He was the Speaker of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 24 July 2001 through 24 July 2006. He also served as a member of the Assembly from July 2001 to July 2006 and from 2009 to July 2016.

Early life Khan was born on 26 March 1940 in Pachiot near Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir. His father, Sardar Muhammad Ayub Khan, was a civil servant in Revenue Department of Azad Kashmir who topped the departmental exam and his grandfather Sardar Kala Khan was awarded a special honorarium of respect by Maharaja of Kashmir. His father died when he was a toddler and his education pursuits were supervised by his eldest sister Begum Naqqi Nazir Sharif with the help of Justice S. M. Sharif Khan. He completed his law degree from the University of Peshawar.

Political career In 1986, after the addition of six reserved seats to the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly under the Seventh Amendment to the Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Khalid was elected from a reserved seat for technocrats as a candidate of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC).

He was re-elected to the Assembly from LA-20 Poonch & Sudhnoti-IV as a candidate of AJKMC in the 2001 Azad Kashmiri general election. He received votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP).

He contested the 2006 Azad Kashmiri general election from LA-20 Poonch & Sudhnoti-IV as a candidate of AJKMC, but was unsuccessful. He was defeated by Khalid Ibrahim Khan, a candidate of Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party.

He was re-elected to the Assembly from LA-20 Poonch & Sudhnoti-IV as a candidate of AJKMC in a 2009 by-election.

On 12 August 2010, he was sworn into the cabinet of Prime Minister Attique Ahmed Khan, and was made the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

He was re-elected to he Assembly from LA-20 Poonch & Sudhnoti-IV as a candidate of AJKMC in the 2011 Azad Kashmiri general election.

On 17 July 2016, he joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).

He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ahead of the 2021 Azad Kashmiri general election.

Death He died on 20 March 2023. He had a stroke before his death and was receiving medical treatment.