Abdul Shakoor Shad () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 until July 2022.

Early life and education

He was born in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

. He received a Master's degree in International Relations from the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (wh ...

Political career

He began his political career during

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

's martial law in 1977 while he was studying at the

. His house was raided by the law enforcement agencies and his father was arrested after Shad held a rally in favor of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership in October 1978. In an interview, Shad said that he began his political career with the PPP in 1977. In 1989, Benazir Bhutto appointed him an inspector in the

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where he worked until 2002. In 1981, he was appointed as the general secretary of the

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in the University of Karachi. The same year, he was given the additional charge as the general secretary of the PPP Karachi. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in May 2018. He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-246 (Karachi South-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election.

Resignation

On April 10, 2022, because of the regime change of Imran Khan's government, he resigned from the

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on the orders of

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

. The new government did not accept the resignations of many members for fear of deteriorating the number of members. However, accepting the resignations of eleven members on July 28, 2022, one of them was Abdul Shakoor Shad. Later, by-elections were held again on his seat, Imran Khan made a surprising move to stand on his own in all the by-seats.

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