Kunwar Naveed Jamil

Kunwar Naveed Jamil
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
29 April 2015 – 31 May 2018
Constituency NA-246 (Karachi-VIII)
5th Mayor of Hyderabad
In office
17 October 2005 – 17 February 2010
Preceded by Dr Makhdoom Rafik Zaman
Succeeded by Tayyab Hussain
Personal details
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement

Kunwar Naveed Jamil (Urdu: کنور نوید جمیل‬‎) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from April 2015 to May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2005.

Education

He holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency PS-106 (Karachi-XVIII) in Pakistani general election, 2002. He received 24,581 votes and defeated Islamuddin Ayubi, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[2] In November 2005, he resigned from the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.[3]

In November 2005, he was elected as the mayor of district Hyderabad.[4]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-246 (Karachi-VIII) in a by-election held in 2015. He received 95,644 votes and defeated Imran Ismail, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[5][6][7]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-127 (Karachi Central-V) in Pakistani general election, 2018.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". www.pas.gov.pk. rovincial Assembly of Sindh. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Ghori, Habib Khan (16 November 2005). "KARACHI: 15 file papers for three PA seats". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2015-11-20). "Muttahida wins battle for Hyderabad". Archived from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. ↑ Dawn.com (2015-04-24). "NA-246: Official results announced, MQM regains seat by huge margin". Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ↑ "NA-246: Official results announced, MQM regains seat by huge margin". DAWN.COM. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Ghori, Habib Khan (28 April 2015). "PTI walkout, new province controversy mar jubilant PA session". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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