Awais Leghari

Awais Leghari
اویس احمد خان لغاری
Minister of Energy
Assumed office
17 March 2024
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byKhurram Dastgir
Hamza Shahbaz
In office
4 October 2017  31 May 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
DeputyAbid Sher Ali (As Minister of State)
Minister for Railway
In office
11 March 2024  17 March 2024
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Preceded byShahid Ashraf Tarar
Hanif Abbasi
Usman Awaisi
Federal Minister without portfolio
In office
4 August 2017  4 October 2017
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications
In office
23 November 2002  15 November 2007
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterZafarullah Khan Jamali
Shujaat Hussain
Shaukat Aziz
Federal Minister for Privatization and Investment
In office
30 March 2006  24 April 2006
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
29 February 2024
ConstituencyNA-186 Dera Ghazi Khan-III
In office
1 June 2013  31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-173 (D.G.Khan-III)
In office
29 March 2011  16 March 2013
ConstituencyNA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office
24 October 2018  22 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-292 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VIII)
In office
20 February 1997  12 October 1999
ConstituencyPP-204 (Rajanpur-I)
Personal details
Born (1971-03-22) March 22, 1971
Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPMLN (2013-present)
Other political
affiliations
PTI (2011-2013)
PML(Q) (2004-2011)
National Alliance (2002-2004)
Millat Party (1997–2002)
RelationsJamal Leghari (brother)
Parent

Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari (Urdu: اویس احمد خان لغاری; born 22 March 1971) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the Federal Minister of Energy in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif since 18 March 2024.He served as Federal Minister for Railway but removed by Prime Minister on 18 March 2024. Previously, he held the position of Federal Minister for Power in the Abbasi cabinet from October 2017 to May 2018. Leghari has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and again from March 2011 to May 2018. He was elected from NA-186 Dera Gazi Khan 3 in the 2024 general elections and has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 29 February 2024.