Makhdoom Shahabuddin (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Saraiki: ; born 7 April 1947) is a Pakistani politician and was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (February 2008 to May 2013) who has held federal ministerial portfolios for finance, health and textiles. He has been elected as MNA from constituency NA-194 three times in

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, 1993 Pakistani general election and 2008 Pakistani general election. He is from

Mian Wali Qureshian Mian Wali Qureshian (میاوالی قریشیاں) is a town in Rahim Yar Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded more than 450 years ago by Makhdoom Rohullah Shah I. The language spoken is Saraiki language. Description Mian Wali Qur ...

Rahim Yar Khan Rahim Yar Khan () is a city in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 9th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is the capital of the Rahim Yar Khan District and Rahim Yar Khan Tehsil. The administration of the city is subdivided into ni ...

, a town in the

Saraiki belt South Punjab ( ur, ) or Saraikistan (Urdu, skr, ) is a proposed new province of Pakistan, comprising the areas which has a majority of Saraikis in the southern part of Punjab province. Made up of Bahawalpur Division, Multan Division and ...

of southern

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

and his political affiliation is with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Political career

Makhdoom Shahabudin has been involved with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) since the

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourt ...

regime in the 1970s, when his father Makhdoom Hameed-ud-Din was amongst the party's founding members and later served as federal minister under Bhutto. Shahabuddin has been one of the senior-most members in People's Party, having served in its central executive committee and as regional president for the party in South Punjab. He was considered especially close to the party's former leader, Benazir Bhutto. And after her assassination in 2008, he was recommended as the candidate for Prime Minister of Pakistan in the 2008 Pakistan elections. But

Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani ( Urdu: ; born 9 June 1952), is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012. ...

was preferred by Mrs Bhutto's widower and eventual President

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. On 19 June 2012, in the aftermath of

Yousaf Raza Gilani Yusuf Raza Gilani (Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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on contempt of court charges, Shahabuddin was appointed by the PPP as its candidate for the office of

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but the nomination was cancelled after a warrant for his arrest was issued by the ANF under suspicious circumstances upon the very day he was nominated. He served as

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of Textiles under the Gilani government. He is the descendant and successor ( sajjada-nasheen) of a famous Sufi saint, Sheikh Makhdoom Hameed-ud-Din Shah Hakim Al-Qureshi Al-Hashmi Suhrawardi and his mausoloem in Mao Mubarak, Rahimyar Khan. He is also closely related to Federal Minister

Khusro Bakhtiar Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar (; born 7 July 1967) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries & Production. Previously, he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Minister of Nat ...

with whom he has contested elections with, for the National Assembly seat of NA-177 (RahimYarKhan-III).

Sexual harassment allegations

On 5 June 2020, American journalist

Cynthia Ritchie Cynthia D. Ritchie is an American filmmaker, analyst, and Social media#Use by individuals, social media campaigner who has been living in Pakistan since 2010. Ritchie has campaigned through social media to uplift the overall image of Pakistan. In ...

accused former federal minister Shahabuddin along with former prime minister

Yousuf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani (Urdu: ; born 9 June 1952), is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive #Disqualification and ouster, disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of P ...

of having sexually harassed her at President House Islamabad in 2011.

Legal trouble

On the day of his nomination as PM the Anti-Narcotics Force issued a non-bailable warrant for his arrest.Latest news, Breaking News , Daily Jang
. Jang.com.pk (21 June 2012). Retrieved 21 June 2012. The Supreme Court of Pakistan in its decision to grant him bail observed that it was not merely a coincidence that the warrants for his arrest were issued upon the very day that he was nominated by the PPP.

References

External links

Profile at National Assembly

Profile: Shahabuddin's journey

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shahabuddin, Makhdoom 1947 births Living people Forman Christian College alumni Pakistan People's Party MNAs People from Rahim Yar Khan District Pakistani MNAs 1990–1993 Pakistani MNAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Defence Production Ministers of Pakistan