Kunwar Naveed Jamil

Kanwar Naveed Jamil
5th Mayor of Hyderabad
In office
October 17, 2005  February 17, 2010
Preceded by Dr Makhdoom Rafik Zaman
Succeeded by Tayyab Hussain
Pakistani Parliamentarian from NA-246 Karachi
In office
April 23, 2015  present
Personal details
Political party MQM
Relations married
Residence Azizabad F.B Area Karachi
Alma mater

L.L.B.

B.Sc
Religion Islam

Kunwar Naveed Jamil (Urdu: کنور نوید جمیل) is a Pakistani politician, and parliamentarian from Muttahida Qoumi Movement. He served as the mayor of Hyderabad from 2005 to 2010. He was elected as Member National Assembly of Pakistan on April 23, 2015 from Azizabad seat of NA-246 after Nabeel Gabol resigned from the position. He also served as member of Rabita Committee of the MQM. He is a lawyer by profession[1]

Political career

Mayor of Hyderabad

In 2005, the MQM won the partyless local government elections held during the regime of Gen Pervez Musharraf. MQM’s Kanwar Naveed Jamil was elected district nazim of Hyderabad.[2]

National Assembly of Pakistan

He was elected a member of national assembly on a ticket of Muttahida Qaumi Movement from NA-246 (Karachi) in a by-election conducted in 2015 as a result of seat vacated by Nabeel Gabol. He received a total 95,644 from 131,418 total votes[3] and defeated his opponents with a big margin.

References

  1. "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  2. Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2015-11-20). "Muttahida wins battle for Hyderabad". Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  3. Dawn.com (2015-04-24). "NA-246: Official results announced, MQM regains seat by huge margin". Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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