Shabbir Ali Qureshi

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Shabir Ali Qureshi
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)).

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References

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