Dr. Syed Mohammad Ali Shah (born 1946) is a Pakistani orthopaedic surgeon and member of the Pakistan Cricket Board governing board. He is currently the Provincial Sports Minister of Sindh. He was also the Chief de Mission for Pakistani athletes in the Commonwealth Games 2010.
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Dr. Shah was born on October 26, 1946 in Bareilly, India. His father, Syed Asghar Ali Shah, also served as a judge for many years.
Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah is a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. In 2008 the general election, he was elected to the Sindh Assembly from PS-103 (North Nazimabad, Karachi). He became provincial Minister of Sports of the province of Sindh.
He is also known for his passion for cricket and runs Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium in North Nazimabad, Karachi. The stadium hosts Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah Night Twenty20 Cricket Tournament every year in the month of Ramadan.
In 2010, the Pakistan Olympic Association had decided that Shujauddin Malik, the 2006 CWG gold medalist for weightlifting, would carry the Pakistani flag and lead the team in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. However, Mohammad Ali Shah snatched the flag from Shujauddin Malik minutes before the ceremony and marched ahead as live TV coverage still indicated that Shujauddin Malik was carrying the flag.
The weightlifting team manager, Rashid Mehmood, revealed to Geo TV that Dr. Shah had told Malik that it was his right to lead the contingent based on seniority and had threatened to send the weightlifter home if he protested Shah's decision.[1] As a result, the weightlifting team, led by Mehmood, threatened to quit unless Dr. Shah apologized to the contingent, but were stopped by CWG officials.[2]
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has announced that he will have the matter investigated.[3]