Khawaja Muhammad Asif is the Minister of Power and Water as well as the defence minister for Pakistan. He is a prominent politician and a senior parliamentarian for the Pakistan Muslim League which is the current ruling party in the country. Khawaja Asif is also a banker, statesman and senior conservative thinker. People can follow Khawaja Asif on his official twitter profile twitter.com/KhawajaMAsif and and official facebook page facebook.com/khawaja.asif.official.
Khawaja Asif was bon on 9 August 1949 in Sialkot. He lived in the UAE where he worked for Bank of Credit and Commerce International. After moving to Pakistan, he took over his fathers place in politics and took part in elections from his traditional constituency of NA-110 of Sialkot. His popularity can be judged from the fact that he has never lost an election since 1991 and has been elected as an MNA 5 times.
Khawaja Asif holds a B.A L.L.B degree from the university of Punjab and a Masters in Economics from LSE in 1975. He is married and has a son and three daughters.Khawaja Asif also served as a senator from 1991 to 1993 and he was the chairman of privatization commission under Nawaz Sharif’s government in 1997-99. He is the man who is accredited with starting the privatization of the banking sector in Pakistan.