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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Qamar ul Islam Raja<br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| image = Engineer Qamar ul Islam Raja.jpg<br />
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]<br />
| term_start = 2008<br />
| term_end = 31 May 2018<br />
|constituency= PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V)<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|6|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rawalpindi]] <br />
|nationality = Pakistani<br />
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Qamar ul Islam Raja''' is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2008 to May 2018.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born on 6 December 1964 in Rawalpindi.<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/862|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619203222/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/862|archive-date=19 June 2017}}</ref><br />
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He graduated in 1987 from [[University of the Punjab]]. He obtained a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1989 from [[University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore]].<ref name="pap" /><br />
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In 2001, he completed Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Sciences. In 2005, he obtained a degrees of Master of Science and a degree of Master of Philosophy in Mass Communication in 2009.<ref name="pap" /><br />
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==Political career==<br />
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]]. He received 34,252 votes and defeated Raja Anwar, a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N).<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=24 March 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|access-date=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archive-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> He received 65,445 votes and with the highest lead in the provincial assembly of the punjab he defeated Malik Sohail Ashraf, a candidate of PML-Q.<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |access-date=10 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2018 }}</ref> In 2018 general elections,he contested on NA-59 but defeated by very high margin. He got the lowest vote as a candidate of PMLN in 20 years of Rawalpindi.<br />
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==Saaf Pani case==<br />
In June 2018, he was arrested in the Saaf Pani case for allegedly awarding contract to his favorite firm. After that he released by court order as case has no worth, purely based on political victimisation. <ref>{{cite news |title=PML-N candidate contesting polls against Chaudhry Nisar taken into custody {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1742278/1-pml-n-candidate-contesting-polls-chaudhry-nisar-taken-custody/ |access-date=7 July 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=25 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1964 births]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MPAs (Punjab)]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]<br />
[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore alumni]]<br />
[[Category:People from Rawalpindi]]<br />
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