Awais Qadir Shah Explained

Awais Qadir Shah
Office:Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Term Start:25 February 2024
Predecessor:Agha Siraj Durrani
Office1:Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Term Start1:24 February 2024
Constituency1:PS-23 Sukkur-II
Term Start2:13 August 2018
Term End2:11 August 2023
Constituency2:PS-23 Sukkur-II
Birth Date:12 October 1977
Birth Place:Sukkur
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Peoples Party
Term Start3:29 May 2013
Term End3:28 May 2018

Awais Qadir Shah is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, in office since February 2024. He is son in law of Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah senior leader of PPPP. He previously had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from August 2018 to August 2023 and from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 12 October 1977 in Sukkur.[1]

He has a degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Civil Mehran University in Jamshoro.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PS-4 SUKKUR-III (OLD SUKKUR-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2] [3]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-23 (Sukkur-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[4]

On 15 October 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for transport and mass transit.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh. www.pas.gov.pk. 15 January 2018.
  2. Web site: 2013 Sindh Assembly election result. ECP. 28 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128071918/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Sindh%20Assembly.pdf. 28 January 2018.
  3. News: List of winners of Sindh Assembly seats. 16 March 2018. www.thenews.com.pk. en.
  4. News: Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies . 3 September 2018 . Samaa TV . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ . 2018-07-29 . live .
  5. News: Sindh cabinet gets four more ministers, expands to 16 members . 16 October 2018 . DAWN.COM . 15 October 2018.