Faisal Kareem Kundi

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Faisal Karim Kundi was elected Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan on 19 March 2008.[1]

Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi comes from a known political family in the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Born in 1975 in Dera Ismail Khan, he graduated from Thames Valley University in London.

He was specially politically groomed by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in London. He contested the election against Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman in February elections and won with a majority of 40,000.

Kundi has served the Pakistan Peoples Party as divisional coordinator in D. I. Khan.

His father Fazal Karim Kundi had defeated Maulana Fazal-ur Rehman in 1990 on PPP ticket. His maternal Grandfather, Justice (Retd) Faizulllah Khan Kundi served as federal minister with late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Faisal Karim Kundi’s great grandfather Barrister Abdul Rahim Kundi was the first deputy speaker of the NWFP Assembly.

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  1. ^ Asim Yasin. "PPP names Fahmida, Kundi speaker, deputy", The News (Pakistan), March 18, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.