Hamid Saeed Kazmi

Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi (Urdu: سید حامد سعید کاظمی; born 3 October 1957) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 28th Federal Minister for Religious Affairs of Pakistan from 2008 to 2010 as part of the Pakistan People's Party government.[1] He hails from Multan.[2]

Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi
سید حامد سعید کاظمی
28th Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
In office
14 November 2008 – 14 December 2010
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded bySyed Khurshid Ahmed Shah
Succeeded bySyed Khurshid Ahmed Shah
Personal details
Born (1957-10-03) 3 October 1957
NationalityPakistani
Children4
Alma materBahauddin Zakariya University

Family

Kazmi was born in a well-to-do religious family. His father, Ahmad Saeed Kazmi, was a prominent Sufi and Islamic scholar. He is one among eleven siblings.[3] Kazmi is married and has two daughters and two sons.[4] His father Syed Ahmad Saeed Kazmi son of Syed Muhammad Mukhtar Ahmad Shah Kazmi belonged to Amroha, India. They migrated to Multan in 1935. The family relates with Imam Musa Kazim through 35 steps, and this is why he is called Kazmi.[3]

Education

He obtained a Master of Arts degree in Urdu with Gold Medal from the Bahauddin Zakariya University in 1985.[4]

Political career

He has been elected MNA on the ticket of PPPP from NA-192 by defeating Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar of PML (Q).[5]

Kazmi was sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment on the basis of charges of corruption by a lower court. The lower court has written in its 87 pages of decision that Hamid Kazmi was not found corrupt at any level but as he was the head of the ministry and by him mismanagement was done. But he appealed against it in the Islamabad High Court.[6] On 20 March 2017, he was acquitted in the Hajj corruption scandal, along with former ex-DG, Hajj Rao Shakeel, and Joint secretary for Religious Affairs, Aftab Aslam.[7]

Assassination attempt

He is a critic of the Pakistani Taliban. On 2 September 2009, while he was the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Kazmi survived an assassination attempt by suspected Taliban gunmen. He was shot by motorcycle borne gunmen as he leaving his office. His driver and guard were killed in the attack.[8][9]

References
  1. "Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony". mora.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. "PML-N may back Hamid Saeed Kazmi for NA-175: report". Pakistan Today. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. "Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs MNA NA-192 (Rahimyar Khan-I) Leadership profile". pakistanileaders.com.pk. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. "Syed Hamid Saeed Kaazmi Federal Minister Hamed Saeed Kazmi". Herald. 13 February 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. "NA-192 Rahimyar Khan I Detail Election Result 2008". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. Asad, Malik (3 June 2016). "Haj corruption case: Former federal minister sentenced to 16 years in prison". Dawn. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. Shehzad, Rizwan (20 March 2017). "Islamabad High Court acquits former religious affairs minister in Hajj corruption case". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. Haider, Zeeshan (2 September 2009). "Pakistani minister shot and wounded: police". Reuters. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. "Minister's injured guard dies". Dawn. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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