Name Naveed Qamar Role Statesman | ||
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Prime Minister Yousaf Raza GillaniRaja Pervaiz Ashraf Education Northrop University, California State University, Los Angeles, University of Manchester | ||
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Syed Naveed Qamar (Urdu: سید نوید قمر; born 22 September 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party.
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- Naveed qamar full speech in na assembly after khaqan abbasi became pm
- Early life and education
- Political career
- References
Naveed qamar full speech in na assembly after khaqan abbasi became pm
Early life and education
Qamar was born in Karachi, Sindh on 22 September 1955.
Qamar received his B.Sc (Hons) degree in Computer Science from Manchester University in 1976. He did his MS in Management from Northrop University in 1978 and received his MBA degree from California State University in 1979.
Qamar is married and has three daughters and a son.
Political career
Qamar began his political career by electing to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in Pakistani general election, 1988 on a Pakistan Peoples Party platform and held the portfolio as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Information.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in Pakistani general election, 1990 on PPP ticket.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 1993 on PPP ticket and became chairman of the Privatisation Commission of Pakistan.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 1997 on PPP ticket and was appointed as the Federal Minister for Finance and Privatisation.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 2002 on PPP ticket from NA-222.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 2008 from NA-222 constituency on PPP ticket and was made Federal Minister for Privatisation with the additional portfolio of Port and Shipping. He also briefily held the portfolio of Federal Minister for Finance for five months in 2008.
In August 2009, he was made Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources with additional charge of Minister for Privatisation. He was removed from the post of Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources and was given portfolio of Ministry of Water and Power in March 2011. In 2011, he was made Federal Minister for Defence.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 2013 from NA-222 constituency on PPP ticket. In 2016, he was made parliamentary leader of PPP in the National Assembly.