Shabbir Ali Qureshi

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

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. [2]

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. [3]

Following his successful election, he announced to joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in August 2018. [4]

On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan. [5] On 4 October 2018, he was appointed as Minister of State for Housing and Works. [6]

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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