Khurshid Shah

Khurshid Shah
Khurshid Shah
خورشید شاہ
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 7 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
President	Asif Ali Zardari ; Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif ; Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan
Succeeded by	Shehbaz Sharif
Federal Minister For Water Resources
	In office; 18 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs
	In office; December 2010 – 2013
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani ; Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Preceded by	Hamid Saeed Kazmi
Succeeded by	Sardar Muhammad Yousuf
Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower
	In office; 31 March 2008 – May 2011
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yusuf Raza Gillani
Federal Minister for Education
	In office; 1993–1996
President	Farooq Leghari
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
Succeeded by
Constituency	In office; 29 February 2024 – 7 October 2024
Parliamentary positions
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
	In office; 29 February 2024 – 7 October 2024
Constituency	NA-201 Sukkur-II
	In office; 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
Constituency	NA-206 (Sukkur-I)
	In office; 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-199 (Sukkur-II)
	In office; 18 November 2002 – 18 November 2007
Constituency	NA-198 (Sukkur-I)
	In office; 3 November 1990 – 12 October 1999
Constituency	Sukkur
Personal details
Born	20 April 1952 (age 72); Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	PPP (1990-present)
Children	Syed Farukh Ahmed Shah (son)
Education	MA, LLB
Alma mater	Government Islamia Science College Sukkur
Profession	Lawyer

Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah (Urdu,Sindhi: سید خورشید احمد شاہ; born 13 November 1954 is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023 and between 1990 and May 2018.

He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Shah was born in Sukkur and was educated at the Government Islamia Science College Sukkur.

Shah began his political career as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1988 and had been a member of the provincial cabinet, in various positions. He has been inducted into the federal cabinet thrice between 1993 and 2013. From 2012 to 2013, he also served as the parliament.

On 18 September 2019, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested senior PPP leader Syed Khursheed Shah in a case regarding his alleged assets beyond means.^[4] On 21 October 2021, Supreme Court released him on bail.^{[citation needed]}

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^ "PTI, PML-N, PPP: All promoted dynastic politics in General Election 2018". Dunya News. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ Guramani, Inamullah Khattak | Nadir (18 September 2019). "PPP stalwart Khursheed Shah arrested by NAB". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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[3] "PTI, PML-N, PPP: All promoted dynastic politics in General Election 2018". Dunya News. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[4] Guramani, Inamullah Khattak | Nadir (18 September 2019). "PPP stalwart Khursheed Shah arrested by NAB". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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