Zahid Hamid
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MP Zahid Hamid |
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| زاهد حميد | |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Minister of Climate Change | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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In office 23 June 2013 – 21 November 2014 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Chengez Khan |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
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In office 7 June 2013 – 22 June 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Farook Naik |
| Succeeded by | Pervez Rashid |
| Director-General of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
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In office 27 December 1997 – 12 October 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Asif Shuja Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 October 1947 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan
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| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party |
Pakistan Muslim League (1989–) |
| Relatives | Hamid Nawaz (father) Shahid Hamid (brother) |
| Residence | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Alma mater |
Punjab University (LLB) Cambridge University (BA and MA) |
| Religion | Islam |
Zahid Hamid (Urdu: زاهد حميد), is a Pakistani politician, and lawyer, who is the current Minister for Law and Justice and Minister of Climate Change in the Third Sharif ministry. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Hamid previously briefly served as the Minister of Law and Justice in June 2013 and as Minister of Science and Technology from June 2013 to November 2014.
Hamid is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2002 representing Sialkot.
Hamid was born in Pasrur, Punjab, Pakistan, on 24 October 1947. to Hamid Nawaz, who served in the Pakistan Army and retired as a Brigadier in 1975 and later served as foreign service to tenured as diplomat in various countries. Hamid's brother Shahid Hamid, served as Governor of Punjab in 1997 and senior leader in Pakistan Muslim League.
After graduating from local school, Hamid attended the Punjab University where he studied law. In 1971, he graduated with a LLB in law from the Punjab University; for higher studies, Hamid went to United Kingdom to attend the Cambridge University. He graduated with a BA with honours in Philosophy and worked on the post-graduate studies. He gained MA degree where his work contained the fundamentals of philosophy of law. In addition, Hamid has attended the seminars on management at the Business school of the Harvard University; and further specialised in law from International Development Law Organization based in Rome, Italy.
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