Ramesh Singh Arora
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Assumed office
May 2013
ConstituencyNM-368
Personal details
Born
Ramesh Singh Arora

(1974-10-11) 11 October 1974
Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
Alma materUniversity of the Punjab
ProfessionSocial worker
Politician

Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora (born 10 November 1974) is a Pakistani politician and social worker.[1]

Biography

Arora was born in 1974 to a Pakistani Sikh family in Nankana Sahib. His family left Lyallpur to settle in Nankana Sahib in 1965. He received a Master's degree from the University of the Punjab in 1997 and thereafter began work with the World Bank as a microfinance and institutional development specialist.[2] He graduated with an MBA in 2000.[3]

In 2013, he became the first Sikh in 63 years to be elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[4][5] He served as a Member of the National Commission for Minorities between 2011 and 2013, General Secretary of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee during 2009-13 and as Chief Executive of the Mojaz Foundation between 2008 and 2013. He currently acts as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Commerce & Investment, is Patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Sikh Council, and a member of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Punjab Assembly". Welcome to Provincial Assembly of Punjab. 11 October 1974. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ramesh Singh Arora". 14 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ↑ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory".
  4. ↑ "Ramesh Arora: The other Singh Saab".
  5. ↑ "Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora became the first Sikh in close to 67 years who entered into Pakistan's biggest provincial assembly".
  6. ↑ "Pakistan Sikh Council Chairman Sardar Ramesh Singh".
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