Zahid Hamid

MP
Zahid Hamid
زاهد حميد
Minister of Law and Justice
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Minister of Climate Change
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
23 June 2013 – 21 November 2014
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Chengez Khan
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
7 June 2013 – 22 June 2013
Preceded by Farook Naik
Succeeded by Pervez Rashid
Director-General of the Environmental Protection Agency
In office
27 December 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Asif Shuja Khan
Personal details
Born (1947-10-24) 24 October 1947[1]
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Citizenship  Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Muslim League
(1989–)
Relatives Hamid Nawaz (father)
Shahid Hamid (brother)
Residence Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma mater Punjab University
(LLB)
Cambridge University
(BA and MA)
Religion Islam

Zahid Hamid (Urdu: زاهد حميد), is a Pakistani politician,[2] and lawyer, who is the current Minister for Law and Justice and Minister of Climate Change in the Third Sharif ministry.[1][3] A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Hamid previously briefly served as the Minister of Law and Justice in June 2013 and as Minister of Science and Technology from June 2013 to November 2014.

Hamid is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2002 representing Sialkot.[4]

Family and education

Hamid was born in Parur, Punjab, Pakistan, on 24 October 1947.[1] to Hamid Nawaz, who served in the Pakistan Army and retired as a Brigadier in 1975 and later served as foreign service to tenured as diplomat in various countries.[5] Hamid's brother Shahid Hamid, served as Governor of Punjab in 1997 and senior leader in Pakistan Muslim League.[5]

After graduating from local school, Hamid attended the Punjab University where he studied law. In 1971, he graduated with a LLB in law from the Punjab University; for higher studies, Hamid went to United Kingdom to attend the Cambridge University.[1][6] He graduated with a BA with honours in Philosophy and worked on the post-graduate studies. He gained MA degree where his work contained the fundamentals of philosophy of law.[1][6] In addition, Hamid has attended the seminars on management at the Business school of the Harvard University; and further specialised in law from International Development Law Organization based in Rome, Italy.[1][6][7]

Political career

In 1970, Hamid passed the CSS exam to join the Central Superior Services (CSS) where he worked with the provincial government of Punjab but resigned in 1978 from the CSS to start career in politics. He set up and managed two industrial units in the food sector from 1978 to 1988.[1]

Hamid started his career as professional lawyer and eventually becoming a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[1]

In the 1990s, he establishmed the Environmental Protection Agency authorised by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1997 and appointed as the first Director-General of the Environmental Protection Agency until being dismissed by General Pervez Musharraf after staging a self-coup in 1999.[1]

Following the military takeover, Hamid defected to the PML(N)'s splinter group led by Shuja'at Hussain, and successfully participated for NA-114 constituency during the general elections held nationwide in 2002.[7] From 2004 to 2007, he tenured as Minister of State for Defence, Investment and Privatization; in 2008, he had been elevated as the Minister of Law in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights.[1][3][8][9][10]

In 2008, Hamid joined the PML(N).[7][11] In 2013, Hamid participated in Pakistani general elections, 2013 and elected as member of National Assembly from his constituency NA-114. He appointed as Law Minister in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights, but later he was reassigned to Science ministry[12] Due to the treason trial of Pervez Musharraf. Hamid abruptly resigned from the Science ministry after the special court inducted him on a Musharraf treason trial.[7][9][12][13][14][15] On upon hearing the court's decision, Hamid tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[7][16]

Later he was made Minister of Climate Change and in 2016, Hamid was given the additional portfolio of the Minister of Law and Justice.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Profile" (PDF). mocc.gov.pk/. Ministry of Climate Change. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1145977. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (29 March 2016). "Zahid Hamid made law minister". Dawn. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Member of National Assembly of Pakistan". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 Zia, Sajid (3 March 2009). "Hamid Nawaz laid to rest". The Nation, 2013. The Nation. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 PD, Public Domain. "Minister's Profile:Zahid Hamid". Ministry of Science and Technology.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 dawn.com (21 November 2014). "Federal minister Zahid Hamid tenders resignation". Dawn newspapers,2014. Dawn newspapers. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Khan, Azam (22 June 2013). "Musharraf trial: Zahid Hamid reassigned from law ministry". Express Tribune, 2013. Express News. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 Webdesk of Express News (18 June 2013). "Law and justice minister files application to change ministry". Express News, 2013. Express News. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Removal from Law Ministry". Tribune PK. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Tahir, Zulqernain (14 October 2012). "Another Musharraf loyalist joins PML-N". Dawn Newspapers, 2012. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Appointment as Minister Science & Tech.". Dawn. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Zahid Hamid appointed law minister". The Nation. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Hussain, Tayyab (8 June 2013). "25-member cabinet takes oath". Pakistan Today. Pakistan Today. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  15. ↑ Dawn.com; Asad, Malik; Khan, Abdul Shakoor (21 November 2014). "Special court partially okays trial of Musharraf's abettors". Dawn news, 2014. Dawn newspapers. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  16. ↑ Zaafir, Muhammad Saleh (21 November 2014). "Zahid Hamid resigns after nomination in treason case". News International, 2014. News International. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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