Ismail Qasemyar was the chairman of the Emergency Loya Jirga (Grand Council) of 2002 in Afghanistan.
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Then-UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, announced the composition of the Commission in charge of the Loya Jirga on 21 January 2002; it was to be chaired by Ismail Qasimyar, a legal and constitutional expert.
Awards and honorary degrees granted to Jawad include the Constitutional Loya Jirga Service, Medal, Government of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003; Global Citizen Award, Roots of Peace, Washington, D.C., 2008; Honorary Doctorate Degree in Organization Leadership, Argosy University, Washington, D.C. 2007; and the Award of Merit for Rebuilding a Nation, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C, 2007.