Syed Ali Haider Zaidi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs from 11 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He is the President of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

Sindh chapter. He has been previously also remained a member of the

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from August 2018 to January 2023.

Political career

In 1999, Zaidi joined PTI He ran for the seat of the

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as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-116 (Karachi-XXVIII) in the 2002 general elections, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,941 votes and lost the seat to Nasrullah Khan, a candidate of the

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. He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad) in the 2013 general elections but was unsuccessful. He received 49,622 votes from NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and lost to

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). He received 7,589 votes from NA-208 (Jacobabad) and lost the seat to

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. On 25 December 2014, he was appointed as president of PTI's Karachi chapter. In December 2015, he announced that he would resign as president of PTI's Karachi chapter in the aftermath of party's poor performance in local government elections. He was elected to the National Assembly from the Constituency NA-244 (Karachi East-III) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 general elections. On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

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and was appointed as Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs. Ali Zaidi was appointed as PTI's Sindh Chapter president by Imran Khan on 25th Dec 2021.

Controversy

In July 2017,

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accused Zaidi of working against

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and in favor of

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lobby groups. Zaidi rejected the allegations and sent a legal notice to Saleem claiming in damages.

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