- Syed Mustafa Kamal
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Syed Mustafa Kamal 25th Mayor of Karachi In office
October 17, 2005 – February 19, 2010Preceded by Naimatullah Khan Succeeded by Post abolished Personal details Born 27 December 1971
Karachi, Sindh, PakistanPolitical party Muttahida Qaumi Movement Residence Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Alma mater MBA University of Wales (UK) Occupation Politician, Mayor Religion Islam Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: سید مصطفى کمال ) served as the nazim (mayor) of the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[1] from 2005 to 2010. Kamal has affiliations with the Pakistani liberalist party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). He was featured as one of the “mayors of the moment” (along with Berlin’s Klaus Wowereit, and Chongqing’s Wang Hongju) in the Foreign Policy magazine in 2008[2] and was shortlisted for the World Mayor Prize in 2010.[3] He had also served as the IT Minister for the Sindh province from 2003 to 2005.
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Early life
Kamal was born on December 27, 1971 in Karachi where he studied until his Intermediate examinations and left for Malaysia.[1] In Malaysia, he received as Associate Diploma in Business Executive Studies.[3] He later received an MBA in Marketing from the Aberystwyth University in United Kingdom.[1]
Political career
In 2003, Kamal became the Provincial Minister for Information Technology for the Sindh Province of Pakistan.[1] He held this position until 2005, when he was selected to become the second nazim of the city of Karachi, succeeding Naimatullah Khan.
He championed the role of IT in the transformation of the city’s fortunes, after learning from his experiences in the IT Ministry. He envisaged the city becoming an Asian super-hub borrowing from examples of Israel and its dominant regional economy.[3] At times, Kamal had been quoted as targeting development efforts on par with those of Dubai. Under his leadership, the city administration received acclaims and accolades, both internally and externally, as Kamal was feted by diplomats and internal urban policy-makers as a young and confident city leader.[3]
In 2010, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan asked for the abolition of post of mayors in all cities across Pakistan and Kamal left to resume his duties as the member of the MQM Coordination Committee. Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman became the caretaker administrator of the CDGK, replacing Kamal.
Syed Mustafa Kamal was awarded an honorary PhD degree in Politics by the Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, at its convocation held on the 14th of April 2010 at a ceremony held at the open air PAF Museum in Karachi.[4]
August 2007
Residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), a neighborhood of Karachi, wished to pay taxes to CDGK. They even praised City government's efforts to carry out relief operations in their area.[5]
The city government has started work on 3 multistoried parking plazas two in Saddar Town and one in Clifton area and these would be unique projects in Pakistan.[6]
Achievements
- Mustafa Kamal was praised by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for his efforts to make Karachi a megacity and to carry out relief operations.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Mr Syed Mustafa Kamal’s Biography". The "I Own Karachi" Campaign website. http://www.iownkarachi.com/mustafa-kamal-biography.php.
- ^ "What FP Didn't Say About the Mayor of Karachi". Foreign Policy magazine. http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/11/12/what_fp_didnt_say_about_the_mayor_of_karachi.
- ^ a b c d "Syed Mustafa Kamal - Former Mayor of Karachi". City Mayors website. http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/karachi-mayor-kamal.html.
- ^ "Mustafa Kamal honoured with a doctorate" (in Urdu). Jang Group. http://jang.com.pk/jang/apr2010-daily/15-04-2010/mulkbharse.htm.
- ^ DHA Residents to File Petition to Pay Taxes to CDGK
- ^ Downtown Gets Parking Plazas
- ^ CDGK,Police asked to remove road encroachments
External links
- Syed Mustafa Kamal Biography
- City district govt official website
- CityMayors profile
- Many things still in a mess, Kamal has a bug task ahead (Khaleej Times)
- Syed Mustafa Kamal Profile - Member Sindh Assembly 2002-07
Preceded by
Naimatullah KhanMayors of Karachi Succeeded by
Post abolished;Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- District nazims of Pakistan
- People from Karachi
- Mayors of Karachi
- Pakistani politicians
- Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians
- Muhajir people
- Politics of Karachi
- Alumni of the University of Wales
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