Zaeem Qadri
Zaeem Navid is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2008 to May 2018 and member of Lahore Gymkhana Club.
Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
| In office 2008 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1964 Lahore |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Spouse(s) | Uzma Qadri |
Early life and educationEdit
He was born on 25 December 1964 in Lahore.[1]
He has the degree of LL. B. the Bachelor of Laws which he obtained in 1988 from Quaid-e-Azam Law College and a degree of the Master of Business Administration where he received in 1991 from Canadian School of Management Sciences.[1]
He is husband of Uzma Qadri.[2]
Political careerEdit
He was jailed in 2006 for a brief period of time due to his protest on Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.[3]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-154 (Lahore-XIII) in by-polls held in June 2008. He received 8,211 votes.[4][5]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-154 (Lahore-XIII) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7] In November 2016, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Auqaf and Religious Affairs.[8]
In June 2018, he quit PML-N and announced to contest 2018 general election as an independent candidate.[9]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ Malik, Mansoor (2 June 2013). "• 245 newcomers • Two couples among MPAs: A raft of pledges in PA precinct". Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.
- ↑ "Detained PML-N Syed Zaeem Qadri released from Camp jail". Paktribune.
- ↑ "PML-N, PPP make gains". DAWN.COM. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ↑ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Zaeem Qadri part ways with PML-N". The Nation. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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