Peerzada Mian Shahzad Maqbool Bhutta | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 29 May 2013 –31 May 2018 | |
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Born | Multan | 10 November 1982
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Peerzada Mian Shahzad Maqbool Bhutta (born 10 November 1982, Multan) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018. [1]
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