Meem Afzal

Mohammed Afzal, better known as Meem Afzal, is an Indian politician and Urdu journalist. He was a member of parliament and also served as an Indian ambassador to various countries. Currently he is a National Spokesperson of Indian National Congress party and Chief Editor of Akhbar E Nau, an Urdu weekly published from New Delhi. As a member of parliament, he raised his voice on matters like enactment of TADA or innocent people arrested under TADA, repression in Kashmir, disappearance of voters’ name from voters lists in the Parliament. He has also worked to promote the Urdu language and Urdu journalism. He also served as member of numerous consultative and standing committees of Parliament and Advisory Committee of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for Urdu programs. In the year 2004, he was nominated as Vice-Chairman of Urdu Academy, Government of Delhi.

After completing his diplomatic assignment in 2010, he joined active politics again and was appointed National Spokesperson of Indian National Congress party by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi in 2013.

Personal life Afzal is married to Shehnaz since 1977 and has a son Adeel and daughters Sana & Ariba.