Ameer Zaman

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Ameer Zaman
Minister for Postal Services
In office
4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018
Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMurad Saeed
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-263 (Loralai-cum-Musakhel-cum-Barkhan)
Personal details
Born1956
Pakistan
Died(2021-09-07)7 September 2021 (aged 65)
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)

Maulana Ameer Zaman (

Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Political career

Zaman ran for the seat of the

Constituency PB-16 (Loralai-III) but was unsuccessful. He received 7,559 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Khan Toor, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) from Constituency NA-263 (Loralai-cum-Musakhel-cum-Barkhan) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5][6] He received 31,031 votes and defeated Sardar Yaqoob.[7]

Following the election of

Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, Zaman was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[8][9] He was appointed the Minister for Postal Services after the office was established.[10] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, he ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Postal Services.[11]

Zaman died from COVID-19 in 2021.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ JUI-F leader Maulana Ameer Zaman passes away
  2. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. ^ "138 MNAs either paid no income tax, or FBR has no such data". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ^ "PML-N takes lead as PTI, PPP trail". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. ^ "PPP comes out with charge against FC". DAWN.COM. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ^ "JUI-F names candidates for 14 NA seats". DAWN.COM. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  8. ^ "A 43-member new cabinet sworn in". Associated Press Of Pakistan. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. ^ "PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today". Pakistan Today. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ^ Raza, Syed Irfan (5 August 2017). "PM Abbasi's bloated cabinet sworn in". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Notification" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Ex federal minister Maulana Ameer Zaman dies due to corona". 7 September 2021.