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Who Naeem Ul Haq was?
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He was born in Karachi on July 11, 1949 and did his Masters in English Literature from the University of Karachi and then pursued LLB degree at the Sindh Muslim Law College in Karachi. Before joining National Bank of Pakistan he also practiced law.

As a banker, he was part of the team that set up the NBP branch in New York City. Later, he moved to London in 1980 as a merchant banker for the Oriental Credit Limited.
Naeem had 35 years of experience in banking, finance,corporate sector and law in Pakistan,London and New York.

He served as adviser/managing director to Aero Asia airline, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Steel Corp and MD of the Credit and Leasing Corporation.
During his stay in London in early 1980s, he became friends with Imran Khan, who used to play county cricket at that time.

Imran would frequently visit Naeem and his wife Nazli Jamil, also known as Nazo. Naeem and Imran became close friends when the latter developed a debilitating stress fracture in 1983. Naeem gave his exercise bike for Imran’s recuperation at that time.

In 1984,Naeem joined Air Marshal Asghar Khan’s Tehreek Istiqlal in London and moved to Karachi a couple of years later to set up his leasing business and pursue his political career.
At the end of the Zia-ul-Haq regime,

Naeem took part in the 1988 elections on the Tehreek Istiqlal ticket in Orangi Town in Karachi. Although he lost the election, he continued to take interest in politics
When Imran formed the PTI in 1996, Naeem became one of the 10 founding members of the party.

A trusted friend, he helped Imran manage the party and overcome the setbacks of electoral defeat in 1997 and 2001. After his wife’s death in 2008 from a bout of cancer, Naeem devoted his life to the PTI and became the central information secretary and president of the PTI Sindh.

Naeem moved to Islo as chief of staff to the PTI chairman in 2012 and a key member of the PTI core committee handling elections of both 2013 and 2018. He served as information secretary of the party during this period.
Naeem was diagnosed with blood cancer in January 2018,

eight months before the general elections. Like a true stalwart, he worked long hours prior to the elections while undergoing treatment. As a member of the PTI’s core committee, he was accessible, approachable and popular among the workers.

After PTI’s victory in the 2018 elections, Naeem was appointed special assistant to the prime minister on political affairs and was involved in a number of initiatives.
He was the most trustworthy friend of PM Imran Khan.
#RIPNaeemulhaque