Kunwar Naveed Jamil

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.

Kunwar Naveed Jamil
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
29 April 2015 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-246 (Karachi-VIII)
5th Mayor of Hyderabad
In office
17 October 2005 – 17 February 2010
Preceded byDr Makhdoom Rafik Zaman
Succeeded byTayyab Hussain
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyMuttahida Qaumi Movement

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 2002 Pakistani general election. 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 2018 Pakistani general election.[8]

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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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