Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani
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Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani | |
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Federal Minister of Yousaf Raza Gillani | |
Member of National Assembly | |
In office 19 March 2008 – 3 November 2008 | |
Constituency | 189th constituency (Bahawalnagar-II) |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 January 1940 |
Died | 17 March 2020 | (aged 80)
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians |
Relations | Shafqat Hussain (father), Hamida Begum (mother) Syed Imtiaz Alam Gilani, Syed Aijaz Alam Gilani (brothers)[1] |
Profession | Lawyer |
Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani (also spelled Gilani and Geelani) (20 January 1940 – 17 March 2020) was a Pakistani lawyer who served as federal minister of
Career
Alam Gillani entered politics when he first got elected to the local parliamentary assembly in the 1960s and he became a member of PPP at its founding in 1967. He also campaigned for
He was president of the District Bar Association in Bahawalnagar. During his law practice he also became a judge of an appellate tribunal.[7] In March 2006 Gillani addressed a rally in Bahawalnagar organised by the District Bar Association protesting the Muhammad cartoons that were first printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.[12]
A March 2009 disclosure of government minister finances published in Pakistan's Daily Times revealed Alam Gilani's net worth to be around US$60,000.[13] Another disclosure published by Geo TV in September 2010 revealed that 24 government ministers did not pay income tax. Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani was not among them however, though the amount he had paid was a mere Rs 1,203, the lowest amount among the ministers who had paid taxes. The results were based on 2008 figures obtained from the Election Commission of Pakistan.[14]
In June 2008 Gillani pleaded in the National Assembly for the Prime Minister to announce a special package so that clean drinking water could be provided to Bahawalnagar District citing a survey which indicated high rate of hepatitis in District Bahawalnagar as compared to other districts of the country because of non-availability of clean drinking water in the area. Gillani also proposed that small farmers should be given interest-free loans to make the country self-sufficient in agriculture.[15] In July Gillani announced that the Prime Minister on his request had promised to provide Rs. 120 million (about US$1.5 million) to complete ongoing developmental projects in the District Bahawalnagar.[8]
During riots across Punjab in protest against those people seen as responsible for Pakistan's electricity problems, rioters attempted to storm the house of Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani on Sunday 17 June 2012 with police having to protect Gillani's house on Eidgah Road.[16]
The Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
The
References
- ^ "Dear departed". Daily Times. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "Ministers allotted portfolios". Daily Times. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ Hassan, Ahmed (4 November 2008). "Five new portfolios created, seven cabinet slots vacant". Dawn. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ Members of Standing Committee Environment Pakistan National Assembly website
- ^ Members of Standing Committee Information and Broadcasting Pakistan National Assembly website
- ^ "Legislators lose membership of NA standing committees, PAC on joining cabinet". Islamabad: International News Network. n.d. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ a b c Khan, Shahnawaz (24 December 2007). "Pakistan Decides: Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan". Daily Times. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Distt (B.nagar): Priority to resolve peoples problems: Mumtaz Gillani". Zibb.com. Comtex. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "58 independents join political parties". The News International. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ Table showing the names of the elected members of different Assemblies of Pakistan, from 1972 to 1997 Pakistan National Assembly website
- ^ 2002 election Results
- ^ "Pakistan: Punjab remains vocal yet peaceful". Asia Media News Daily. Dawn. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Naveed Qamar values Toyota car at Rs 300,000". Daily Times. 24 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ Raho, Jeetay (27 September 2010). "PM, his 25 ministers do not pay taxes". Geo TV. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ "National Assembly continues debate on budget". Associated Press of Pakistan. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Another day of outrage at outages across Punjab". Dawn. Karachi, Pakistan. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ a b c Abbasi, Ansar (21 September 2008). "Was it an attack on US Marines?". The News International. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Pakistan's 9/11 Targeted US Marines". IslamOnline. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "Story on shifting US Steel boxes in Marriott Hotel a pack of lies: Mumtaz Gillani". Associated Press of Pakistan. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- ^ "MNA threatens to sue journalist". The News International. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
External links
- NA-189 Bahawalnagar-II Profile page following the 2008 General Elections