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.

Zaeem Navid - tapped
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
2008 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born (1964-12-25) 25 December 1964
Lahore
NationalityPakistani
Spouse(s)Uzma Qadri

Early life and education

He was born on 25 December 1964 in Lahore.[1]

He has the degree of 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 career

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]

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. "Detained PML-N Syed Zaeem Qadri released from Camp jail". Paktribune.
  4. "PML-N, PPP make gains". DAWN.COM. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. "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.
  9. "Zaeem Qadri part ways with PML-N". The Nation. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.


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