Kunwar Naveed Jamil | |
Native Name: | کنور نوید جمیل |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Office: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh |
Term Start: | 13 August 2018 |
Term End: | 11 August 2023 |
Constituency: | PS-127 (Karachi Central-V) |
Term Start1: | 2002 |
Term End1: | 2005 |
Constituency1: | PS-106 (Karachi-XVIII) |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start2: | 29 April 2015 |
Term End2: | 31 May 2018 |
Constituency2: | NA-246 (Karachi-VIII) |
Office3: | 5th Mayor of Hyderabad |
Term Start3: | 17 October 2005 |
Term End3: | 17 February 2010 |
Predecessor3: | Dr Makhdoom Rafik Zaman |
Party: | MQM (2006-2023) |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Successor3: | Tayyab Hussain |
Birth Date: | 1964 3, df=yes |
Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Kunwar Naveed Jamil (; 15 March 1964 – 17 August 2023) was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 to August 2023. Previously, he had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from April 2015 to May 2018.
Jamil held the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science.[1]
Jamil was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) from Constituency PS-106 (Karachi-XVIII) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 24,581 votes and defeated Islamuddin Ayubi, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[2] In November 2005, he resigned from the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.[3]
In November 2005, he was elected as the mayor of district Hyderabad.[4]
Jamil was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-246 (Karachi-VIII) in a by-election held in 2015. He received 95,644 votes and defeated Imran Ismail, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[5] [6] [7]
Jamil was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of MQM from Constituency PS-127 (Karachi Central-V) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[8]
Kunwar Naveed Jamil died in Karachi on 17 August 2023, at the age of 59. He had suffered a brain hemorrhage in June and was admitted to a local hospital.[9]