Saeed Ghani ( ur, ; born 8 July 1972) is a
Pakistani politician
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who is currently serving as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Labour and Information and Human Resources.
He has been a member of 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 ...
since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from July 2017 to May 2018 and a member of the
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 ...
.
Political career
He was elected to the
Senate of Pakistan
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as a candidate of the
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) in the
2012 Pakistani Senate election
Senate elections were held in Pakistan
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. In July 2017, he resigned from the Senate to run for a seat in 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 ...
.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-114 (Karachi-XXVI) in by-polls held in July 2017.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-104 (Karachi East-VI) in 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 19 August, 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 made Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Government with the additional ministerial portfolios of Public Health Engineering and Rural Development, and Katchi Abadies.
On 5 August 2019, He was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Labour, Information and Archive.
He was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Education and Literacy and Human Resources succeeding
Syed Sardar Ali Shah
Syed Sardar Ali Shah is a Pakistani politician who is the currently serving as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Education, Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities and Archives . He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh since August 201 ...
as Minister of Education as the CM Sindh
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 educa ...
reshuffled the Cabinet of Sindh on 3 February 2020.
On 23 March 2020, He was tested positive for
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
but his next test was negative.
On 5 August 2021, he was again appointed as Minister of Information Sindh and was later succeeded by
Syed Sardar Ali Shah
Syed Sardar Ali Shah is a Pakistani politician who is the currently serving as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Education, Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities and Archives . He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh since August 201 ...
as Minister of Education.
References
Living people
Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)
1972 births
Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh)
Sindh MPAs 2013–2018
Sindh MPAs 2018–2023
Provincial ministers of Sindh
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