Who is the Current Minister of Higher Education in Punjab?

A. Sher Ali Khan

B. Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz

C. Raza Ali Gillani

D. Tanveer Aslam Malik

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Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for higher education in office since 27 August 2018 and He has been provincial minister of Punjab for tourism from 27 August 2018 to 19 July 2019. He also holds the portfolio of Information Technology since July 22, 2019. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018. He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2013. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-60 (Chakwal-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 48,076 votes and lost the seat to Tahir Iqbal. In 2018, he had applied for PTI ticket to contest for Constituency NA-64 (Chakwal-I). The allotment of ticket to Yassir Humayun caused rift in PTI's chapter in Chakwal. It was noted that at-least 3 PTI workers had applied for a ticket for Constituency PP-21 (Chakwal-I) but PTI decided to allocate the ticket to Yassir Humayun who had not even applied for the ticket. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-21 (Chakwal-I) in the 2018 general election. On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for higher education with the additional ministerial portfolio of tourism. Additional portfolio of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Tourism was taken back from him on 19 July 2019, however he was given the additional portfolio of Punjab Information Technology on July 22, 2019.