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Qamar Zaman Kaira قمر زمان کائرہ | |
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.jpg) Qamar Zaman Kaira in 2018 | |
| Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas | |
| In office 18 April 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting | |
| In office 18 April 2012 – 16 March 2013 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Raja Pervez Ashraf Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting | |
| In office 14 March 2009 – 9 February 2011 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Sherry Rehman |
| Succeeded by | Firdous Ashiq Awan |
| Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas | |
| In office 31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo |
| Succeeded by | Shaukatullah Khan |
| Governor of Gilgit–Baltistan | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 22 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Shama Khalid |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 March 2008 – 12 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | NA-55 (Jehlum-II) |
| In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
| Constituency | NA-55 (Jehlum-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Qamar Zaman Kaira 5 January 1960 Lalamusa, Punjab, Pakistan, |
| Citizenship |  Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party |  PPP (2002-present) |
| Relations | Tanveer Ashraf Kaira (cousin) |
| Residence | Islamabad |
| Alma mater | Forman Christian University University of Punjab |
| Occupation | Politician |
Qamar Zaman Kaira (Urdu: قمر زمان کائرہ; born 5 January 1960) is a former Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting in the Government of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He also remained an advisor on Kashmir affairs to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from 18 April 2022 to 10 August 2023.
Before heading the Ministry of Information, Kaira was the minister of the Ministry of Kashmir and Northern Areas and later ascended as acting Governor of Gilgit–Baltistan in 2009.[1] His career in national politics started in 2002 on the platform of the Pakistan Peoples Party.He has pioneered many articles on political philosophy and raised a voice for democracy in the country. After succeeding Sherry Rehman as minister of information in 2009, he lost his ministry in 2011 to Firdous Ashiq Awan. However, in 2012, he was again reappointed in the ministry of information after a cabinet reshuffle. His son Osama Zaman Kaira died in a road accident on 17 May 2019 in Lalamusa in an attempt to save a motorcyclist, losing control of the car and crashing into a tree. He was laid to rest on 18 May in the same city.[2]
- ^ "Kaira takes oath as acting governor" Archived 22 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Dawn
- ^ "Qamar Zaman Kaira's son laid to rest in Lalamusa". Express Tribune.[full citation needed]