Qasim Zia

{{short description|Pakistani field hockey player}}

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| name = Qasim Zia

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|7 August 1961}}

| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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Qasim Zia (born 7 August 1961) is a Pakistani politician and former field hockey player.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/qasim-zia-1.html Profile of Qasim Zia on sports-reference.com website], Retrieved 28 April 2017 He was appointed as president, Pakistan Hockey Federation in October 2008.{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/325593/qasim-zia-to-head-phf | title=Qasim Zia to head PHF | newspaper=Dawn | date=16 October 2008 | access-date=3 August 2022}}

He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan during 2002–07 and functioned as the Leader of Opposition. He was returned to the Punjab Assembly for the second consecutive term in the bye-elections in 2008. He has extensively travelled abroad. His granduncle, Mian Amiruddin, and his cousin, Khawaja Tariq Rahim, had served as Governors of Punjab. His grandfather, Mian Aminuddin, was the first Mayor of Lahore. His uncle, Mian Salahuddin remained MNA and Provincial Minister and his cousin, Mian Yousuf Salahuddin, served as a Member of the Punjab Assembly during 1988–90.[http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/804 Profile of Qasim Zia on Punjab Assembly pap.gov.pk website], Retrieved 17 January 2019

Qasim Zia was appointed as the 23rd president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani on 15 October 2008.