Qamar-ul-Islam Raja | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 2024 | |
Constituency | NA-53 (Rawalpindi-II) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rawalpindi,Punjab,Pakistan | 6 December 1964
Political party | PMLN (2008-present) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering;Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Sciences;Masters of Philosophy in Mass Communication |
Qamar-ul-Islam Raja is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2024. [1] He also served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2018.
Raja was born on 6 December 1964 in Rawalpindi. [2]
He graduated in 1987 from University of the Punjab. He married in 1995 and has two daughters and one son. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1989 from University of Engineering and Technology,Lahore. [2]
In 2001,he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Sciences. He obtained a Master of Science in 2005 and a Master of Philosophy in Mass Communication in 2009. [2]
Raja was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 34,252 votes and defeated Raja Anwar,a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). [3]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-5 (Rawalpindi-V) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. [4] He received 65,445 votes and with the highest lead in the provincial assembly of the Punjab he defeated Malik Sohail Ashraf,a candidate of PML-Q. [5] During this period,he served as the chairperson of the Punjab Education Foundation.
In the 2024 Pakistani general elections, [6] he was again a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) for the National Assembly seat for the constituency NA-53 (Rawalpindi-II). [1]