Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician and a member of

Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakista ...

, affiliated with the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement. He was born in Dubai and raised in Islamabad. He is a businessman by profession and is the founder and chief executive of the Shalimar Group of Companies.

Political career

Shaikh began his political career by joining the

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

in 2012. He became a member of the central executive committee of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement before becoming a member of the coordination committee in 2013. In 2014, he became the first president of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement chapter in Punjab. In 2015, he was selected by the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement to run for the seat of

2015 Pakistani Senate election Senate elections were held in Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous ...

from Sindh. Some members of the MQM questioned the decision of Altaf Hussain to give the ticket to Shaikh to run in the Senate election from Sindh despite the fact that he hails from Punjab. He was elected to the

for the first time in

as a candidate of Muttahidda Qaumi Movement. In March 2021, his tenure as a member of the Senate ended.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaikh, Muhammad Ateeq Living people Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians Year of birth missing (living people)