Syed Qamar-uz-Zaman Shah (1933 – 2016), was a Pakistani politician and agriculturist who served as the Deputy Speaker of the

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. He was the father of the former federal minister

Naveed Qamar Syed Naveed Qamar ( ur, ; born 22 September 1955) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly between 1990 and May 2018. He serve ...

Political career

He was elected to the

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in 1973 as a candidate of

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(PPP). He remained member between 1973 and 1977. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Sindh as a candidate of PPP from

Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Muhammad Khan ( sd, ٽنڊو محمد خان; ur, ) is a city and headquarter of the Tando Muhammad Khan District located in Sindh, Pakistan. Is is named after Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani. It is the 95th largest city of Pakistan, ...

1977 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 March 1977 to elect 200 members of the National Assembly. They were the second general elections held in Pakistan and the first to be held after the Bangladesh Liberation War, which saw East Pakista ...

. Subsequently, he was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly which he served for three months. He was jailed twice during Zia's regime in 1977 and 1981.

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1933 births 2016 deaths Pakistani agriculturalists Pakistani prisoners and detainees Sindh MPAs 1977 Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Deputy Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh {{Pakistan-bio-stub