{{Short description|Pakistani politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = [[Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony|28th Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony]] | native_name = سید حامد سعید کاظمی | native_name_lang = ur | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|10|03|df=yes}} | prime_minister = [[Yusuf Raza Gillani]] | president = [[Asif Ali Zardari]] | predecessor = [[Khurshid Shah]] | successor = [[Khurshid Shah]] | term_start = 14 November 2008 | term_end = 14 December 2010 | children = 4 | party = [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan|TLP]] (2025-present) | other_party = [[Pakistan People’s Party|PPP]] (1992-2022: 2025)<br>[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] (2022)<br>[[Independent politician|IND]] (2018) | alma_mater = [[Bahauddin Zakariya University]] | name = Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi | parents = [[Ahmad Saeed Kazmi]] (Father) }}
'''Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سید حامد سعید کاظمی}}}}; born 3 October 1957) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 28th [[Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony|Federal Minister for Religious Affairs]] of Pakistan from 2008 to 2010 as part of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony |url=https://mora.gov.pk/Detail/OTgxMDIyMTEtN2ViMS00ZDRiLWFhZDItZTg3MzA3MjRlYjg5 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=mora.gov.pk |archive-date=28 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728191155/https://www.mora.gov.pk/Detail/OTgxMDIyMTEtN2ViMS00ZDRiLWFhZDItZTg3MzA3MjRlYjg5 |url-status=live }}</ref> He hails from [[Multan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2 July 2018 |title=PML-N may back Hamid Saeed Kazmi for NA-175: report |url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/02/pml-n-may-back-hamid-saeed-kazmi-for-na-175-report/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=[[Pakistan Today]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722180017/https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/02/pml-n-may-back-hamid-saeed-kazmi-for-na-175-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Family== Kazmi was born in a well-to-do religious family. His father, [[Ahmad Saeed Kazmi]], was a prominent [[Sufi]] and Islamic scholar. He is one among eleven siblings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2010-01-13 |title=Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs MNA NA-192 (Rahimyar Khan-I) Leadership profile |url=http://www.pakistanileaders.com.pk/profile/Syed_Hamid_Saeed_Kazmi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113024031/http://www.pakistanileaders.com.pk/profile/Syed_Hamid_Saeed_Kazmi |archive-date=13 January 2010 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=pakistanileaders.com.pk}}</ref> Kazmi is married and has two daughters and two sons.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2010-02-13 |title=Syed Hamid Saeed Kaazmi Federal Minister Hamed Saeed Kazmi |url=http://pakistanherald.com/Profile/Syed-Hamid-Saeed-Kazmi-510 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213042950/http://pakistanherald.com/Profile/Syed-Hamid-Saeed-Kazmi-510 |archive-date=13 February 2010 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=[[Herald (Pakistan)|Herald]]}}</ref> His father Syed [[Ahmad Saeed Kazmi]] son of Syed Muhammad Mukhtar Ahmad Shah Kazmi belonged to [[Amroha]], India. They migrated to Multan in 1935. The family relates with [[Musa al-Kazim|Imam Musa Kazim]] through 35 steps, and this is why he is called Kazmi.<ref name=":0" />
==Education== He obtained a [[Master of Arts]] degree in [[Urdu]] with [[Gold medal|Gold Medal]] from the [[Bahauddin Zakariya University]] in 1985.<ref name=":1" />
== Political career == He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] as a candidate of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] (PPP) from [[Constituency NA-192|NA-192 Rahim Yar Khan-I]] in the [[2008 Pakistani general election]]. He received 65,395 votes and defeated Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Alam Anwar of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML(Q)).<ref>{{Cite web |title=NA-192 Rahimyar Khan I Detail Election Result 2008 |url=http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2008/NA-192.htm |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=www.electionpakistani.com |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225083158/http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge2008/NA-192.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
Kazmi was sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment on the basis of charges of corruption by a lower court. The lower court has written in its 87 pages of decision that Hamid Kazmi was not found corrupt at any level but as he was the head of the ministry and by him mismanagement was done. But he appealed against it in the [[Islamabad High Court]].<ref name="Dawn:Malik Asad">{{cite news|last1=Asad|first1=Malik|title=Haj corruption case: Former federal minister sentenced to 16 years in prison|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1262506/haj-corruption-case-former-federal-minister-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison|access-date=3 June 2016|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=3 June 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603120511/http://www.dawn.com/news/1262506/haj-corruption-case-former-federal-minister-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison|url-status=live}}</ref> On 20 March 2017, he was acquitted in the Hajj corruption scandal, along with former ex-DG, Hajj Rao Shakeel, and Joint secretary for Religious Affairs, Aftab Aslam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shehzad |first=Rizwan |date=2017-03-20 |title=Islamabad High Court acquits former religious affairs minister in Hajj corruption case |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1360285/ihc-acquits-hamid-saeed-kazmi-two-others-hajj-corruption-case |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=[[The Express Tribune]] |language=en |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331000759/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1360285/ihc-acquits-hamid-saeed-kazmi-two-others-hajj-corruption-case |url-status=live }}</ref>
He turned down a request from [[Asif Ali Zardari]] to contest against [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]], the vice chairman of the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI), as a candidate of the PPP from [[NA-156 (Multan-III)|NA-156 Multan-III]] in the [[2018 Pakistani general election]]. He instead opted to run as an independent from [[NA-175 (Rahim Yar Khan-I)|NA-175 Rahim Yar Khan-I]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-08 |title=Hamid Saeed Kazmi declines to contest election against Shah Mehmood Qureshi |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/198546-hamid-saeed-kazmi-excuses-from-contesting-election-on-ppp-ticket |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Geo.tv |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613010412/https://www.geo.tv/latest/198546-hamid-saeed-kazmi-excuses-from-contesting-election-on-ppp-ticket |url-status=live }}</ref>
He ran for the National Assembly as an independent candidate from NA-175 Rahim Yar Khan-I in the 2018 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 39,514 votes and was defeated by [[Syed Mobeen Ahmed]], a candidate of the PTI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NA-175 Results - Election 2018 Results - - Candidates List - Constituency Details - Geo.tv |url=https://www.geo.tv/election/NA-175 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225084225/https://www.geo.tv/election/NA-175 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He joined the PTI on 15 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-06-15 |title=Prominent political, religious personalities met Imran Khan in two days |url=https://arynews.tv/prominent-political-religious-personalities-met-imran-khan-in-two-days/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=ARY NEWS |language=en-US |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623042130/https://arynews.tv/prominent-political-religious-personalities-met-imran-khan-in-two-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Assassination attempt== He is a critic of the [[Pakistani Taliban]]. On 2 September 2009, while he was the [[Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony|Federal Minister for Religious Affairs]], Kazmi survived an assassination attempt by suspected Taliban gunmen. He was shot by motorcycle borne gunmen as he was leaving his office. His driver and guard were killed in the attack.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last=Haider |first=Zeeshan |date=2 September 2009 |title=Pakistani minister shot and wounded: police |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-attack/pakistani-minister-shot-and-wounded-police-idUSTRE5812D320090902 |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008211307/https://in.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-attack/pakistani-minister-shot-and-wounded-police-idUSTRE5812D320090902 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2009-09-10 |title=Minister's injured guard dies |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/489839/ministeraes-injured-guard-dies |access-date=2022-07-22 |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref>
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