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Early Life
[1] Kamal was born on December 27, 1971 in Karachi where he studied until his Intermediate examinations and left for Malaysia.
[2] In Malaysia, he received as Associate Diploma in Business Executive Studies.
[3] He later received an MBA in Marketing from the Aberystwyth University in United Kingdom.
Political Career
In 2003, Kamal became the Provincial Minister for Information Technology for the Sindh Province of Pakistan.[1] He held this position until 2005, when he was selected to become the second nazim of the city of Karachi, succeeding Naimatullah Khan.
He championed the role of IT in the transformation of the city’s fortunes, after learning from his experiences in the IT Ministry. He envisaged the city becoming an Asian super-hub borrowing from examples of Israel and its dominant regional economy.[3] At times, Kamal had been quoted as targeting development efforts on par with those of Dubai. Under his leadership, the city administration received acclaims and accolades, both internally and externally, as Kamal was feted by diplomats and internal urban policy-makers as a young and confident city leader.
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