Syed Murad Ali Shah

Syed Murad Ali Shah سيد مراد علي شاهه سید مراد على شاه MPA

29th Chief Minister of Sindh
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 July 2016
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	not yet decided
Governor	Muhammad Zubair
Preceded by	Qaim Ali Shah

Personal details
Born	(1962-11-08) November 8, 1962 Sehwan Sharif , Sindh, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
Residence	Karachi, Sindh
Education	M.S. Civil Structure Engineering BE Civil Engineering M.S Economic Planning
Alma mater	Stanford University NED University of Engineering and Technology D.J. Sindh Government Science College

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Syed Murad Ali Shah (Sindhi: سيد مراد علي شاهه‎) (Urdu: سید مراد على شاه‎) is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who serves as the 29th Chief Minister of Sindh and a member of the Sindh Assembly.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Shah received his engineering degree from NED University and later received his M.S. from Stanford University in structural engineering.^[4] Shah was elected to the Sindh Assembly in 2008 as a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and served as the provincial Minister for Irrigation under Syed Qaim Ali Shah's cabinet, and in 2013 was elevated as the provincial finance minister.^[5] In July 2016, Shah was elected to the Chief Minister's Office.^[6]

Early life and education

Shah was born in Karachi to Syed Abdullah Ali Shah the former Chief Minister of Sindh. Shah did his Matriculation from Saint Patrick's High School, Intermediate from D. J. Sindh Government Science College^[7] in Karachi and admitted at the engineering programme at the NED University of Engineering and Technology. Shah graduated with B.E. in Civil engineering and was a silver medalist upon his graduation from the NED University of Engineering and Technology. After earning the Quaid-e-Azam scholarship, he went to United States and attended Stanford University in California where he completed his M.Sc. in structural engineering. He completed a second master's from Stanford University two years later in economic system where again he was on an international scholarship.^[8]

From 1986 till 1990, Shah pursued his engineering career with the Government of Pakistan as he served as water engineer at the WAPDA in Lahore, and later went to join the Port Qasim Authority in Karachi. In addition, he also served as city engineer for Hyderabad's Development Authority before joining the corporate staff he served as an engineer at Wapda, Port Qasim Authority and the Hyderabad Development Authority before joining the Citibank Pakistan.^[9] Shah then went on to work for Citibank in Pakistan and in London. He also worked at the Gulf Investment Corporation in Kuwait.

Political career

He became member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 2002 for the first time from PS-77 Jamshoro-cum-Dadu (Old Dadu III).^[10] He served as Minister for Irrigation (Sindh) and Finance Minister of Sindh before elevation to the Chief Minister of Sindh in 2016. Shah was barred from contesting the 2013 despite giving up his Canadian citizenship. After proving to the courts that he did not hold Canadian nationality, Shah was able to run in the election. He was elected to the Sindh Assembly for a third consecutive time. He was subsequently assigned the finance ministry in the provincial cabinet.^[9]

References

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↑ "ppp-set-name-qaims-replacement". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "PPP names Murad Ali Shah as new Sindh chief minister". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "Profile: Murad Ali Shah sets precedent in Sindh by inheriting father’s mantle". DAWN.COM. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
↑ Provincial Assembly of Sindh. "Member Profile". www.pas.gov.pk. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "Murad Ali Shah elected new Chief Minister of Sindh". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
↑ Profile. "Honorable Chief Minister in D. J. Sindh Government Science College, Karachi.". www.facebook.com.
↑ Hussain, Zahid (2016-07-27). "Change of guard in Sindh". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
1 2 "Who is Murad Ali Shah?". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ Profile. "Profile; Murad Ali Shah". www.pakistanherald.com.

Political offices Chief Minister of Sindh
Preceded by Qaim Ali Shah	1st term 29 July 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent

Incumbent Chief Ministers of Provinces of Pakistan

Punjab: Shehbaz Sharif (PML N)
Sindh: Syed Murad Ali Shah (PPP)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pervez Khattak (PTI)
Balochistan: Sanaullah Zehri (PML N)
Gilgit–Baltistan: Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman (PML N))
Azad Kashmir: Farooq Haider Khan (PPP))

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