Qamar Zaman Kaira
قمر زمان کائرہ
Qamar Zaman Kaira in 2009
Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas
In office
18 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting
In office
18 April 2012 – 16 March 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterRaja Pervez Ashraf
Yusuf Raza Gillani
Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting
In office
14 March 2009 – 9 February 2011
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded bySherry Rehman
Succeeded byFirdous Ashiq Awan
Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas
In office
31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Asif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byMian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo
Succeeded byShaukatullah Khan
Governor of Gilgit–Baltistan
In office
16 September 2009 – 22 March 2010
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byShama Khalid
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 March 2008 – 12 March 2013
ConstituencyNA-55 (Jehlum-II)
In office
16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007
ConstituencyNA-55 (Jehlum-II)
Personal details
Born
Qamar Zaman Kaira

(1960-01-05) 5 January 1960
Lalamusa, Punjab, Pakistan,
Citizenship Pakistan (1960-present)
NationalityPakistan
Political party Pakistan Peoples Party (2002-present)
RelationsTanveer Ashraf Kaira (cousin)
ResidenceIslamabad
Alma materForman Christian University
University of Punjab
OccupationPolitician

Qamar Zaman Kaira (Urdu: قمر زمان کائرہ; born 5 January 1960) is a former Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting in the Government of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He also remained advisor on Kashmir Affairs to former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from 18 April 2022 to 10 August 2023.

Before heading the Ministry of Information, Kaira was the minister of the Ministry of Kashmir and Northern Areas and later ascended as acting Governor of Gilgit–Baltistan in 2009.[1] His career in the national politics started in 2002 on a platform of Pakistan Peoples Party and has pioneered many articles on political philosophy and raised a voice for democracy in the country. After succeeding Sherry Rehman as minister of information in 2009, he lost his ministry in 2011 to Firdous Ashiq Awan. However, in 2012, he was again reappointed in the ministry of information after a cabinet reshuffle. His son Osama Zaman Kaira died in a road accident on 17 May 2019 in Lalamusa in an attempt to save a motorcyclist, losing control of the car and crashing into a tree. He was laid to rest on 18 May in the same city.[2]

Education

Kaira was born in Lalamusa, Gujrat on 5 January 1960. He belongs to a political family from Gujrat. After attending a local high school, Kaira matriculated and passed intermediate college testing examinations.

After attending a F.G. Community College at Kharian Military District, Kaira made college transfer to Forman Christian University.[3] There he enrolled in the Department of Philosophy and earned a BA in Philosophy from Forman Christian University in 1983.[3] Kaira later applied for a graduate school of the University of Punjab to resume his higher education.[3] In 1985, Kaira wrote his thesis for double master's degrees and subsequently obtained an MA in philosophy of politics and an MS in political science from the Punjab University.

Political career

Kaira was elected to the National Assembly for the first time in 2002 and remained a member of the lower house of parliament until 2007. He returned to the National Assembly for a second consecutive term in 2008 and became a minister in the coalition government of PPP, ANP, MQM and JUI-F formed after the 2008 elections.

He is a senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party, having won from his local constituency in Gujrat in 2002 and 2008 General Elections Pakistan. He was selected to the office of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas on 31 March 2008, and was given the additional office of Federal Minister for Information on 14 March 2009. He remained Federal Minister until 2013.

After the removol of Imran Khan Government in 2022, Qamar Zaman Kaira was inducted in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He remained advisor on Kashmir Affairs to former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from 18 April 2022 to 10 August 2023.

Other positions held

  • Special Advisor to Prime Minister (2022-2023)
  • Federal Minister for Information Media and BroadCasting (2008-2013)
  • Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan (2008-2013)
  • 1st Governor of Gilgit Baltistan (2008-2010)
  • Member National Assembly (2008-2013)
  • Member National Assembly (2002–2007)

References

  1. ↑ "Kaira takes oath as acting governor" Archived 22 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Dawn
  2. ↑ "Qamar Zaman Kaira's son laid to rest in Lalamusa". Express Tribune.
  3. 1 2 3 Govt. Pakistan. "Minister for Information & Broadcasting". Government of Pakistan. Ministry of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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