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Zaeem Qadri () is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who had been a member of the

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, from 2008 to May 2018 and also Executive Member of

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. Before quitting it in 2018, he wasan important member of the

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

party, being a provincial minister, an adviser to the chief minister

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, as well as Punjab government's spokesman.

Early life and education

He was born on 25 December 1964 in

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, Punjab, Pakistan. His uncle Syed Shamim Hussain Qadri has served as the Chief Justice Lahore High Court and has also been a politician. He has the degree of

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the

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which he obtained in 1988 from Quaid-e-Azam Law College and a degree of the Master of Business Administration where he received in 1991 from Canadian School of Management Sciences. He married to fellow politician

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Political career

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

He was jailed in 2006 for a brief period of time due to his protest on

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. He was elected to the

as a candidate of

(PML-N) from Constituency PP-154 (Lahore-XIII) in by-polls held in June 2008. He received 8,211 votes. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-154 (Lahore-XIII) in the

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. In November 2016, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Auqaf and Religious Affairs.

Quitting the Pakistan Muslim League (N)

In June 2018, he quit PML-N and announced to contest the 2018 general election as an independent candidate. His rivalry with

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was the reason behind the decision.

References

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