Syed Nasir Hussain Shah is a Pakistani politician who currently holds the office of Provincial Minister at the

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions un ...

for Local Government, Forests and Religious Affairs. He had previously been Sindh's Provincial Minister for Works and Services from 5 September 2018 to August 2019. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 10 November 1961. He received a degree of Master of Arts in political science from

Shah Abdul Latif University Shah Abdul Latif University ( ur, , sd, شاه عبداللطيف يونيورسٽي; abbreviated as SALU), is a public research university located in rural Khairpur of Sindh, Pakistan. The university is named after the mystic poet and spiri ...

Political career

He was elected to the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

as a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP) from Constituency PS-2 (Sukkur-II) in

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. In May 2018, a petition was filed against him in the

Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in ...

to disqualify him from holding any public office and to bar him from contesting the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

on the grounds that he holds work permit of the UAE. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-25 (Sukkur-IV) in 2018 general election. On 5 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister

Syed Murad Ali Shah Syed Murad Ali Shah ( ur, , ; born 8 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who is the 29th and current Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan and has been a member of the Sindh Assembly. Early life and educ ...

and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for works and services. On 5 August 2019, he was appointed Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Government, Forests and Religious Affairs.

References

Living people Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Sindh MPAs 2018–2023 1964 births {{Sindh-MPA-stub