Barrister Syed Masood Kausar took oath as Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday in an oath-taking ceremony administered by Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Ijaz Afzal in the Governor House Peshawar. Masood is the 28th Governor of the province. He replaced Owais Ahmad Ghani after completion of his 3-year period. Masood Kausar, the brother of noted Urdu poet Ahmad Faraz, is a veteran PPP leader and has served on important positions in the party.
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| Home Phone: | 0521,271405 |
| Province: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Address: | 11, Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan Road, Peshawar. |
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| Details: | A renowned jurist, a law practitioner, a constitutional expert Syed Masood Kausar was born in the district Kohat of the NWFP on 2 May, 1938. After earning a Bachelor's Degree from Islamia College Peshawar, he opted for education in law and jurisprudence and got his LLB degree from the Peshawar University as back as in 1960. He was called to the Bar in the year 1968 from the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, England.
Syed Masood Kausar took keen interest in the extra-curricular activities at all the educational institutions he attended and was very popular among students and his colleagues. He has a rare distinction to his credit for having been elected as President of the Khyber Union of Islamia College Peshawar. He was the first elected General Secretary of the Peshawar University Students Union. During his stay in England, Syed Masood Kausar was again elected as the General Secretary of the Pakistan Students' Federation Great Britain.
Syed Masood Kausar has also a very outstanding career in the law profession. He has appeared before the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan in different important cases of eminence. He was elected President of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association in 1984 and has also been an honorary visiting Professor of law at the University Law College Peshawar.
Syed Masood Kausar has been a very active member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and presenlty is the member of its Central Executive Committee, the highest policy making body of the PPP. He has also been very active in sustaining struggle against the Military Rule in Pakistan and was imprisoned several times during the movement for the restoration of democracy.
Barrister Masood Kausar was elected as a member of the Provincial Assemlby of the NWFP in 1988 and again in 1990. He was the Speaker of the NWFP Assembly from 1988 to 1990 and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the same Assembly from 1990 to 1993.
Syed Masood Kausar has been to the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt and a number of other countries of the world on academic and official missions and also as a member and leader of the Parliamentary delegations.
Barrister Masood Kausar Was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March, 1994 for a six year term. He is a member of the Senate Standing Committees on Petroleum and Natural Resources, Interior, Narcotics Control and States and Frontier Regions and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. He is also a member of the Functional Committee of the Senate on Less Developed Areas. |
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