Amir Haider Kazmi. PHOTO: FILE
He leaves behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. The funeral prayers will be offered in London on Friday after which he will be laid to rest in Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery on Elmbridge Road, Hainault Ilford IG6, United Kingdom.
He served the government of Pakistan as a federal minister for health, social welfare and special education from 1988-1990. His foray into politics started as a student, after which Kazmi served the PPP as president of the party’s Karachi chapter, then information secretary of the PPP Sindh chapter and later on, vice-president of the PPP’s Sindh chapter.
In his student life, Kazmi served as a member of the executive committee of the National Student Federation (NSF) and the president of the NSF- Kazmi Group.
He spent his life struggling for democracy and was arrested multiple times during martial law regimes and spent many years of his life behind the bars. In 1964, he took active part in the running of Fatima Jinnah’s election campaign and carried Mashel-e-Shama from Karachi to Peshawar.
In 1977, he won the Sindh Assembly election on a PPP ticket from Karachi and, in 1988, he was elected as member of the National assembly from Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 6th, 2013.
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Mr. Ameer Haider Kazmi was a great leader , philanthropist & generous person , his immense contribution for Pakistan & it's people will always be remembered . He was truly a man of excellence .
Mr. Ameer Haider Kazmi was a great leader , philanthropist & generous person , his contribution for pakistan & millions of poor will always be remembered by all pakistanis .
Mr. Kazmi was a great and humble human being. May His soul rests in eternal peace Ameen.
Through this news I recalled him. Almost we forget him as he was out of sight. May God rest his soul in peace