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Ghous Ali Shah (

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: سید غوث علی شاہ; born 1 January 1934) is a

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and

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. He was

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from 1985 to 1988. He has also remained the

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from 1991 to 1993 and the Education Minister of Pakistan from 1997 to 1999. He has been elected the Member of

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from his native

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as a result of the

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Education

Ghous Ali Shah was born in 1934. He received his secondary education in Naz High School,

. In the 1950s the School had qualified teachers from all over the country and was one of the most reputed institutions of

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. His name is engraved on a plaque and hung up on the "Distinguished Students" board. He graduated from the

Sindh Muslim College The Sindh Muslim Government Law College (Urdu: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College (Urdu: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of Pakistan, situated in Karachi, Sindh. The college has ...

of the

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, Pakistan. He did his

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from the

Sindh Muslim Law College The Sindh Muslim Government Law College (Urdu: سنده مسلم گورنمنٹس لا کالج) or S. M. Law College (Urdu: ایس ایم لاء کالج) is one of the oldest law schools of Pakistan, situated in Karachi, Sindh. The college has ...

of the University of Karachi in 1957.

Career

Shah practiced

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until 1979, becoming one of the best

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lawyers in the country. He was elected President of the District Bar Association

for record tenures of six years continuously. He was elected to the highest elected office of the Advocates of Pakistan as the Vice Chairman of the

Pakistan Bar Council The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) () was established by the National Assembly of Pakistan, Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan. It has twenty two members el ...

for two terms in 1975 and 1979, when he was elevated to the bench as

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of the

Sindh High Court The High Court of Sindh () ( Sindhi: سنڌ ھائي ڪورٽ) 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 ...

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. From 1981 to 1984 he was the provincial Minister for

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

Culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...

and

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh () () 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 under its authority and ju ...

. Then he was Minister for

, Local Bodies and

Rural Development Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life, quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Often, rural regions have experienced rural povert ...

from 1984 to 1985. He retired from the

& re-entered politics. He was elected as member of the

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

and became leader of the house and

, Pakistan, from 1985 to 1988. During this period, he helped raise the status of the university for Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai University in

which was previously a sub-campus of the

University of Sindh The University of Sindh (; ; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro in the Sindh province. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certified by ISO in 2 ...

. This provided a lot of employment opportunities and he succeeded in providing a network of roads in the Province as well in his electoral area

. He was elected to the Parliament

in 1991 and became

until 1993. He was again elected to the

as well as

in 1997 winning both the seats of the two houses. He resigned his Provincial Assembly seat and became the

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until 1999. He was appointed Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for affairs of the province of Sindh with powers of the

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and Status of a Federal Minister in June 1999. He continued in this position until October 1999 when General

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took over in the

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on 12 October 1999, overthrowing the constitutionally elected government. Syed Ghous Ali Shah is the Provincial head of the

PML-N The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

Sindh and has been elected for another 3-year term from 2006 to 2009 as Party President of the Sindh Province. He has been elected in this position on numerous occasions since 1986. It has been reported that Syed Ghous Ali Shah was one of the candidates considered by

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for the position of

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after the resignation of

in 2008. In 2011, Ghous Ali Shah was living in Karachi and working with the PML (N) members to improve the party's condition in

, while also touring the province heavily to see where he can build up the same power he had back in 1997 when the PMLN had formed the provincial government.

Scouting

In 1993, he was awarded the ''

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'', the highest distinction of the

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, by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world

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. From 1988 to 1994 and 1998 to 2000, he was Chief Commissioner of the

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. In 1992 he was elected as a member of the Asia-Pacific Scout Region committee until 1998. He was also awarded the highest Scouting award, the Silver Tiger Award of Bangladesh Scouts, given to any world personality from

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in 1994. He was also awarded the highest Scouting award, the Silver Elephant of

The Bharat Scouts and Guides The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG) is the national Scouting and Girl Guides, Guiding association of India. The national headquarters of BSG is recognised by the Government of India. Scouting was founded in India in 1909 as an overseas branch of ...

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, in 1998.

Awards and recognition

In 1987, he wrote the 'Iqbal: Meeting Point of the East & West' lecture on

Allama Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 187721 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

which he delivered at the

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, Germany. He had received the Allama Iqbal Centenary Gold Medal for his works and articles about Allama Iqbal in 1979.

Personal life

Syed Ghous Ali Shah went to

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in October 2001 for medical treatment. He returned to Pakistan on 17 August 2008. His wife had died in 2007.SUKKUR: Wife of Ghous Ali Shah dies
Dawn (newspaper), Published 8 January 2007, Retrieved 19 August 2019 Syed Ghous Ali Shah has six children: Shabbir Hyder Shah, Ali Hyder Shah, Amir Hyder Shah (Late) & Syed Mohammad Safdar Hyder Shah alias Farhan Shah. He also has 2 married daughters.

References

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