Qasim Zia

Qasim Zia
Personal information
Born	7 August 1961 (age 62); Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Pakistan
Olympic Games

Qasim Zia (born 7 August 1961 in Lahore, Punjab) Pakistani politician and former field hockey player.^[1]^[2] He was appointed as president, Pakistan Hockey Federation in October 2008.^[2]

He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan during 2002–07 and functioned as the Leader of Opposition.^[3] He was returned to the Punjab Assembly for the second consecutive term in the bye-elections in 2008. He has extensively travelled abroad. His granduncle, Mian Amiruddin, and his cousin, Khawaja Tariq Rahim, had served as Governors of Punjab. His grandfather, Mian Aminuddin, was the first Mayor of Lahore. His uncle, Mian Salahuddin remained MNA and Provincial Minister and his cousin, Mian Yousuf Salahuddin, served as a Member of the Punjab Assembly during 1988–90.^[3]

Qasim Zia was appointed as the 23rd president of the

Yousuf Raza Gillani on 15 October 2008.^[2]

Personal life

Qasim Zia got married in November 1986 and has three children. He belongs to the well-known

Mian Yousuf Salahuddin is a PTV producer and had also served as Member of Punjab Assembly in Pakistan from 1988 to 1990.^[3]

He educated at the

Aitchison College, Lahore.^[4]

Awards and recognition

Keeping in view his services to Pakistan Hockey and his 25 years of services to Pakistani politics, the

Sitara-e-Imtiaz to him in 2014.^[5]

Before that, he had received a Pride of Performance Award for Sports from the President of Pakistan in 2011.^[5]

Political career

Pakistan Peoples Party (Parliamentarian) Punjab

Information Secretary (1997–2001)^[3]
President (2001–2007)^[3]
Member CEC PPP Central (2007-present)

References

^ Profile of Qasim Zia on sports-reference.com website, Retrieved 28 April 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c "Qasim Zia to head PHF". Dawn. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Profile of Qasim Zia on Punjab Assembly pap.gov.pk website, Retrieved 17 January 2019
^ "Aitchison College:- Sports Acitivities".
^ ^a ^b Qasim Zia's awards listed on Pakistan Sports Board website, Retrieved 28 April 2017

External links

Qasim Zia at
Olympedia

Qasim Zia's profile – Punjab Assembly

[1] Profile of Qasim Zia on sports-reference.com website, Retrieved 28 April 2017

[Dawn-2] "Qasim Zia to head PHF". Dawn. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

[pap-3] Profile of Qasim Zia on Punjab Assembly pap.gov.pk website, Retrieved 17 January 2019

[4] "Aitchison College:- Sports Acitivities".

[PakistanSportsBoard-5] Qasim Zia's awards listed on Pakistan Sports Board website, Retrieved 28 April 2017

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v t e Pride of Performance for Sports
1950s	(1958) (1958) (1958) (1958) Subedar Muhammad Iqbal (1959) (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1960) (1960) (1960) Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed (1960) (1960) Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan (1961) (1961) (1962) (1962) Hafiz Rashid (1962) (1962) Brigadier M.A. Baig (1962) Abbas Mirza (1963) (1963) (1963) Dafadar Mubarak Shah (1963) Khundker Nasim Ahmed (1964) Jamadar Ghulam Raziq (1964) Subedar Muhammad Nawaz (1966) (1966) (1966) (1967) (1968) (1968) Khalid Mahmood Hussain (1968) (1968) (1969) (1969) Mohammad Akhtar (1969)
1970s	(1970) Ahmed Riazuddin (1970) Jehangir Ahmed Butt (1970) (1970) (1970) Major Mohammad Aslam Khan (1970) Fazal Rehman (1971) (1971) Riaz Ahmed (1971) Nabi Ahmed Kalat (1971) (1971)
1980s	(1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1983) (1983) (1983) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) Major Mohammad Sher Khan (1985) (1986) (1986) Captain Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (1986) Mohammad Ali (1986) Abdul Majeed Maruwala (1987) Shah Jehan (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1989)
1990s	Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis (1990) Arif Khan (1990) (1990) Nazo Anwar Miandad (1990) (1990) (1992) (1992) Ghulam Abbas (1992) Taimur Hasan (1992) (1992) Qazi Muhibur Rehman (1993) Rajab Shah (1993) (1994) (1994) Khwaja Mohammad Junaid (1994) (1994) Muhammad Saeed Khan (1994) (1994) Ahmed Alam (1994) (1994) (1994) Muhammad Shafqat (1994) Irfan Mehmood (1994) Naveed Alam (1994) (1994) Muhammad Danish Kaleem (1994) Muhammad Usman (1994) (1994) Rahim Khan (1994) Rana Mujahid Ali (1994) Waseem Feroze (1994) Aliya Rasheed (1995) Fareed Sehrai (1995) (1995) Ali Nawaz Baloch (1995) Mohammad Sarwar (1995) (1996) Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi (1996) (1997)
2000s	(2000) (2003) Rozi Ali (2003) Mohammad Irfan Islam (2003) Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai (2004) Zakir Hussain Syed (2004) (2004) (2005) (2008) Zubair Ahmed Hundal (2008) Shahid Rehman (2008) Umer Khan Achakzai (2009)
2010s	Atta Muhammad Kakar (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2011) (2011) (2011) Shahid Pervaiz Butt (2011) Qasim Zia (2011) (2012) (2013) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) (2015) (2015) (2017) Alamgir Anwar Shaikh (2017)