He also served as the Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony.
Asad was born in 1985; he is the son of Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, former Leader of and President of Pakistan Democratic Movement, and grandson of Mufti Mahmood, former Chief Minister of NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
[4] He received 28,504 votes and defeated Habib Ullah Khan Kundi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
[5] Following his successful election, MMA nominated him for the office of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
[7] He also served as the Chairman of Standing Committee of National Assembly of Pakistan on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony.