Biography
Malik Muhammad Ahmad was born on 29 November 1971 in Kasur, Punjab, into a family with a long record of public service — his father, Malik Muhammad Ali Khan, served as Member Punjab Assembly (1972–77), Senator (1985–94) and Deputy Chairman Senate (1986–88).
He received his early and higher secondary education at Aitchison College, Lahore, completed pre-law studies at Government College, Lahore, and earned an LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom, in 1998. He is a practicing lawyer specialising in constitutional law, governance frameworks, and public policy, and is fluent in Urdu, English and Punjabi.
A four-term Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he was first elected in 2002 from PP-179 Kasur-V, and re-elected in 2013, 2018, and again in February 2024. He served as Parliamentary Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs (2002–2007) and as Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of the Punjab on Information & Culture (2016–2018).
On 24 February 2024 he was elected Speaker, securing 224 votes. As Speaker he has led a historic revision of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, introduced a Code of Conduct for Members, opened committee proceedings to expert consultation, and championed live-streaming of sessions and the digitisation of Assembly records.
He has been instrumental in forming thematic caucuses on women, minorities, child rights, young parliamentarians, local governments, border regions, and climate resilience, and is the author of the Urdu book ‘Iqbal aur Masala-e-Taleem’ (Liberty Books, 2021).