Naveed Aamir Jeeva is a Pakistani Christian politician of Pakistan Peoples Party- PPP, who has been a member of the

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since August 2018 and Ex Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in 2002.

Early life

Naveed Aamir was born in a Christian Village of District Sahiwal Chak No. 148/9.L Ranson Abad on 22 September 1975.

Family

He is the Elder son of S. L Saleem, a government teacher, and his wife Mrs Agnis Saleem, a nurse. He has three younger sisters and one younger brother, Shakeel Jeeva. Naveed Aamir Jeeva is settled in Multan in southern Punjab, his paternal and maternal families are settled in both Sahiwal and Multan.

Qualification

*Master's degree in International Relations from

Bahauddin Zakariya University Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) ( ur, ) is a public university with its main campus in Multan, Pakistan. Bahauddin Zakariya University was founded in 1975 as Multan University, and is the 2nd largest university in Punjab. It was renamed i ...

, Multan *B.ed from the

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*B.A from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan *Fsc from Emerson University, Multan *Matriculation from Government Muslim Boys High School, Multan

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly- MNA of Pakistan as a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

on a reserved seat for minorities in the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly in 2002 in Pervaiz Musharraf's Government on Minorities reserved seat from Pakistan Peoples Party. Naveed Aamir started his struggle against religious discrimination in society from a very early age. His first successful protest against the school administration for a separate prayer period for non-Muslim / Christian students in the morning assembly proved to be the first step of his political struggle. Naveed is one of the closest friends of Martyr Shahbaz Bhatti and Loyal worker of APMA (All Pakistan Minorities Alliance) and CLF (Christian Liberation Front-Pak). He never stopped his political struggle after the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti. He continued his struggle with patience and courage, and never changed his loyalty and political affiliation with Pakistan Peoples Party. He is representing religious minorities now in the legislative/national assembly of Pakistan.

References

Living people Pakistani Christians Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistan People's Party MNAs 1974 births {{Pakistan-MNA-stub