Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi

Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi (born 24 June 1987) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from July 2022 till January 2023, being the youngest person to have held this role. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from PP-12 (Rawalpindi-VII) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.

He was elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly on 30 July 2022, and was notified the day after. His election came after a successful vote of no confidence against his predecessor Dost Muhammad Mazari due to circumstances arising during the 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis.

He ran for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-12 Rawalpindi-VII as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.