Ameer Zaman

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 (Urdu: مولانا امیر زمان; 1956 – 7 September 2021[1]) was a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Postal Services, in 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 National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from Constituency NA-263 (Loralai) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 19,218 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Yaqoob. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of MMA from 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 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as 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.