Naveed Aamir Jeeva is a Pakistani Christian politician of Pakistan Peoples Party- PPP,[1] who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023 and Ex Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab[2] 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

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly- MNA of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party on a reserved seat for minorities in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[6] He was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly[2] 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.

In 2019, Naveed a Christian member of the National Assembly moved a bill to amend the article 41 and 91 of the Constitution which would allow non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and President of Pakistan. However, Pakistan's parliament blocked the bill.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Pakistan Peoples Party.
  2. 1 2 "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory". www.pap.gov.pk.
  3. ↑ "Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan". bzu.edu.pk.
  4. ↑ "Emerson University, Multan – Official Website of Emerson University, Multan".
  5. ↑ https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources
  6. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 August 2018). "List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Pakistan's parliament blocks bill allowing non-Muslims to become country's PM, President". City: Delhi. The Hindu. TNN. Retrieved 10 February 2020.


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