Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 13 August 2018 |
Term End: | 2 August 2020 |
Constituency: | NA-69 (Sialkot-IV) |
Term Start1: | 1 June 2013 |
Term End1: | 31 May 2018 |
Constituency1: | NA-113 (Sialkot-IV) |
Birth Date: | 1942 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Sialkot, Punjab |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Children: | Nausheen Iftikhar |
Pir Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan Shah (; 2 February 1942 - 2 August 2020), also known as Zahray Shah,[1] was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
He was born on 2 February 1942, in Sialkot, Punjab to Syed family and was a descendant of the Islamic saint Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri.[2] [3]
Shah was a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1990. He was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for Daska in 1993 and again in 1998. Later, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-113 (Sialkot-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[4] [5] [6] He received 118,192 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[7]
In October 2017, he was appointed as chairperson of the National Assembly's standing committees on postal services.[8]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-75 (Sialkot-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[9] He received 101,617 votes and defeated Ali Asjad Malhi, a candidate of PTI.[10]
He died on 2 August 2020, at the age of 78.[11]