Muhammad Kazim Maisam
{{Short description|Pakistani politician from Gilgit-Baltistan}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Kazim Maisam
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office = Leader of the Opposition of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
| term_start = 19 July 2023
| term end =
| constituency =
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
| office1 = Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
| constituency1 = GBA-8 (Skardu-II)
| term_start1 = 25 November 2020
| predecessor = Amjad Hussain Azar
| native_name_lang = ur
| native_name = محمد کاظم میثم
| office2 = Provincial Minister for Agriculture
| term_start2 = 2 December 2020
| term_end2 = 4 July 2023
| term_start3 = 2 February 2023
| term_end3 = 4 July 2023
| office3 = Provincial Minister for Food
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = Khalid Khurshid
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = Khalid Khurshid
| successor3 = Ghulam Muhammad
| successor2 = Muhammad Anwar
}}
Muhammad Kazim Maisam ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد کاظم میثم}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020.{{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=MWM candidate Kazim Maisam wins election to become MLA GB |url=https://shiitenews.org/featured/item/122462-122462-mwm-candidate-kazim-maisam-wins-election-to-become-mla-gb/ |accessdate=18 November 2020}}
Political career
Maisam contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-8 (Skardu-II) on the ticket from Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen. He won the election by the margin of 976 votes over the runner-up Muhammad Ali Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party. He garnered 7,988 votes while Shah received 7,012 votes.{{cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/gbla2020/|title=Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Election 2020|website=dunyanews.tv|accessdate=2020-11-17}}
On 2 December 2020, he was inducted into the cabinet of Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid as the Minister for Agriculture. On 2 February 2023, he was also made the Minister for Food.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Kazim Maisam given additional portfolio of Food Ministry |url=https://shiite.news/featured/item/151803-kazim-maisam-given-additional-portfolio-of-food-ministry/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Shiite News Network |language=en-US}}
On 19 July 2023, he was unanimously elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. The position had become vacant as Amjad Hussain Azar, the previous Leader of the Opposition, had joined the government after the election of Gulbar Khan as the Chief Minister.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=اپوزیشن لیڈر منتخب ہونے کے بعد کاظم میثم کی میڈیا سے اہم گفتگو |url=https://www.islamtimes.org/ur/video/1070658/%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%DB%81%D9%88%D9%86%DB%92-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D9%85-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B3%DB%92-%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%85-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%DA%AF%D9%88 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=اسلام ٹائمز |language=ur}}
References
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Category:Gilgit-Baltistan MLAs 2020–2025
Category:Politicians from Gilgit-Baltistan
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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