Shabbir Ali Qureshi

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Shabir Ali Qureshi
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Minister of State for Housing and Works
In office
2018–2022

Personal life

Shabir Ali Qureshi was born in Kot Addu. He is the son of Mohsin Ali Qureshi. He has a sibling, Ahsan Ali Qureshi [2] ., who is a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

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Mian Muhammad Shabbir Ali Qureshi is a Pakistani politician and the founder of District Kot Addu. He formerly served as the Minister of State for Housing and Works, holding office from 4 October 2018 till April 2022. He has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 until January 2023. He is the son of Mohsin Ali Qureshi, a politician who was also elected as a member of the National Assembly twice from the same constituency. [3]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-181 (Muzaffargarh-I) as an independent candidate in 2018 Pakistani general election. [4]

Following his successful election, he announced to joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in August 2018. [5]

On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan. [6] On 4 October 2018, he was appointed as Minister of State for Housing and Works. [7]

He was elected to the National Assembly from NA-179 Kot Addu-I as a PTI-endorsed independent candidate in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 104,329 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Qasim Hanjra, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).

References

  1. ↑ Raza, Malik Tahseen (2 July 2015). "Shabbir Qureshi's defection a blow to PPP in south Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.pap.gov.pk/members/profile/en/22/1933
  3. ↑ "Shabbir Qureshi's defection a blow to PPP in south Punjab". 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nine independent MNAs, 23 MPAs join PTI". The News. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "PM Imran's cabinet expanded by six | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Notification 4 October 2018" (PDF). Cabinet Division. Retrieved 6 October 2018.



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