Hafiz Abdul Kareem

Hafiz Abdul Kareem
Senator
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
12 March 2018
Minister for Communications
In office
4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
1 June 2013
Constituency NA-172 (D.G.Khan-II)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-01) January 1, 1960
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Hafiz Abdul Kareem (Urdu: حافظ عبدالکریم‬‎; born 1 January 1960) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Communications, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. Previously he had been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 1 January 1960.[1]

He has completed matriculation level education.[2]

Political career

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in Pakistani general election, 2008, but was unsuccessful.[3][4][5] He received 41,894 votes and lost the seat to Farooq Leghari.[6]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in by-election held in March 2011, but was unsuccessful.[7][8] He received 41,894 votes and lost the seat to Awais Leghari.[9]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in Pakistani general election, 2013.[10] He received 49,230 votes and defeated Jamal Leghari.[11]

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi[12][13] and was appointed as federal minister for Communication for the first time.[14][15]

He was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in Pakistani Senate election, 2018.[16] However the Election Commission of Pakistan declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[17]

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as an independent candidate on a technocrat seat from Punjab in Senate election.[18][19] He was backed in the election by PML-N[20] and joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected.[21] He took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.[22] On 12 March 2018, he ceased to hold the office of Federal Minister for Communication due to resignation from the National Assembly.[23] On 15 March 2018, he was re-inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi[24] and was re-appointed as Federal Minister for Communications.[25] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Kareem ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Communications.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Detail Information". 19 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "MP Profile". Open Parliament Pakistan. FAFEN. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Results of two seats in D.G. Khan withheld". DAWN.COM. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Money and tribes talk in NA-172 electioneering". DAWN.COM. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Traditional rivals face off". DAWN.COM. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Awais Leghari leading in NA-172 by-polls". DAWN.COM. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Awais Leghari wins NA-172 by-election". The Nation. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Friends or foes?". The Friday Times. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "A 43-member new cabinet sworn in". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today". Pakistan Today. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. ↑ Raza, Syed Irfan (5 August 2017). "PM Abbasi's bloated cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "List of Senate candidates from Punjab". DAWN.COM. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "PML-N's Senate nominees to contest election as independent candidates, says ECP". DAWN.COM. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  19. ↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (4 March 2018). "PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "PML-N backed candidates win 15 seats in Senate Elections". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  21. ↑ Guramani, Nadir (22 March 2018). "15 independent senators backed by PML-N in Senate polls join treasury". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  22. ↑ "Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy". The News. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  23. ↑ "Dar, Michael, Kareem no more ministers". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  24. ↑ "Michael, Kareem made federal ministers". The Nation. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  25. ↑ "Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Kamran Michael sworn in as federal ministers". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "Notification" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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