Sayed Nasir Ali Shah Explained

Sayed Nasir Ali Shah
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:2008
Term End:2013
Predecessor:Molvi Noor Muhammed (MMA)
Successor:Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PMAP)
Father:Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara
Birth Date:1946 9, df=y
Birth Place:Quetta, pakistan
Party:Balochistan National Party

Sayed Nasir Ali Shah is an ethnic Hazara Pakistani politician as parliamentarian from the Pakistan Peoples Party who is an elected member of the National Assembly (MNA).[1] [2] Shah hails from the city of Quetta in Balochistan and belongs to the Hazara community.

On 16 April 2010 he was severely injured in a suicide bomb blast planned against him causing several casualties and his son severely injured. On 6 October 2011, he staged a walkout and strike outside the Pakistani parliament in Islamabad while boycotting a session to protest the PPP-led government's apparent inability in curbing continuous sectarian attacks on Hazara people in Balochistan. Later, he was also joined in solidarity by members of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (N).[3] He held talks with Rehman Malik in which he demanded a solid plan to end sectarian killings in Quetta and also called for a complete dissolution of the Government of Balochistan which, according to him, had completely failed to maintain law and order in the province.[4]

His father Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara was also a politician and leader.

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Notes and References

  1. http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=9503 Syed Nasir Ali Shah
  2. http://www.awaztoday.com/singleprofile/346/Syed-Nasir-Ali-Shah.aspx Syed Nasir Ali Shah
  3. Web site: Attacks on Hazaras: As pressure mounts, govt stumbles into 'action'. Express Tribune. 6 October 2011. 15 October 2011.
  4. News: Nasir Shah demands roadmap to end Hazara killings. Pakistan Today. 14 October 2011.