Syed Arshad Hussain Shah | |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Term Start: | 12 November 2023 |
Term End: | 2 March 2024 |
Successor: | Ali Amin Gandapur |
Term Start2: | 8 May 2019 |
Term End2: | May 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Rana Shamim |
Successor2: | Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan |
Term Start3: | 19 August 2023 |
Term End3: | 11 November 2023 |
Native Name: | سید ارشد حسین شاہ |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Office2: | Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan |
Office3: | Provincial Minister for Law, Auqaf, and Human Rights |
Office: | Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Predecessor: | Muhammad Azam Khan |
Status: | Caretaker |
Governor: | Haji Ghulam Ali |
Status3: | Caretaker |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | Muhammad Azam Khan |
Governor3: | Haji Ghulam Ali |
Syed Arshad Hussain Shah is a Pakistani jurist who is the former Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has served as the Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan from 2019 to 2022.
He has also served as the Minister for Law, Auqaf, and Human Rights in the caretaker cabinet of Muhammad Azam Khan.[1] [2] [3]
He was appointed as the Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan on 8 May 2019. He served in this role until his retirement in May 2022.[4] [5]
On 19 August 2023, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of the Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Azam Khan, and was assigned the portfolios of Law, Auqaf, and Human Rights. He served in this position until the Muhammad Azam Khan's death, after which the cabinet was dissolved.[6]
A day later, on 12 November, he was nominated as the next Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His name was put forward by Akram Khan Durrani, the former Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and was agreed upon by Mahmood Khan, the former elected Chief Minister. He was soon approved by Governor Haji Ghulam Ali and was then administered oath.