{{short description|Member of the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh province}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Amir Chishti | native_name = {{nobold|عامر چِشتی}} | honorific_suffix = | birth_date = | birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | office = Senate of Pakistan | term_start = April 2024 | term end = | constituency = Sindh | party = MQM-P (2024-present) | term_end = | father = }}
'''Amir Waliuddin Chishti''' ({{langx|ur|عامر ولیُ الدین چِشتی}}) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since April 2024. He is also the chairman of Darul Sehat Hospital, its medical school Liaquat College of Medicine & Dentistry, and the owner of Puma Energy Pakistan.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1688172|title=MQM loyalist, leading businessman in the run for Sindh governor’s slot|date=May 6, 2022|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1512144|title=Hospital owner, key officials acquitted in Nashwa death case|first=Naeem|last=Sahoutara|date=October 22, 2019|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-12/cnergyico-in-final-talks-to-buy-57-of-puma-energy-pakistan |title=Cnergyico Poised to Become Pakistan's Largest Fuel Retailer |date=January 12, 2022 |first=Faseeh |last=Mangi |website=Bloomberg}}</ref> Previously, he served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Admore Gas until March 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1440810/admore-denies-contempt-notice|title=Admore denies contempt notice|date=June 20, 2017|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
==Political career== Chishti began his political career by joining the All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization. He served as the unit in-charge of Government Premier College in North Nazimabad in the early 1990s.<ref name="auto"/>
In April 2024, Chishti was elected from Sindh province during the 2024 Pakistani Senate election as a Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan candidate on a general seat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.samaa.tv/2087312414-results-of-elections-on-30-senate-seats-announced |title=Results of elections on 30 Senate seats announced! |work=Samaa |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402160217/https://www.samaa.tv/2087312414-results-of-elections-on-30-senate-seats-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Controversy== In 2019, Chishti faced legal action after the death of nine-month-old Nashwa, who reportedly suffered from improper treatment at his hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1480871|title=Owners of Darul Sehat Hospital escape after bail dismissal|first=Naeem|last=Sahoutara|date=May 8, 2019|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> On April 7, the treatment allegedly led to paralysis and the infant's subsequent death.<ref name="auto1"/> Following these events, Chishti's application for interim pre-arrest bail was denied by an additional district and sessions' judge in Karachi in May 2019, and he fled the courtroom after the decision.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1480838|title=Nashwa case: Darul Sehat Hospital owner, vice-chairperson flee after court rejects bail|first=Naeem|last=Sahoutara|date=May 7, 2019|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref>
A settlement was later reached between Nashwa's family and the hospital management.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1483905|title=Nashwa’s family, Darul Sehat hospital sign out-of-court deal|first=Hasan|last=Mansoor|date=May 23, 2019|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> According to the agreement, the hospital would establish a pediatric ICU named after Nashwa by May 31, 2020, and create a scholarship for one medical or dental student annually, with the family's approval. Additionally, the hospital pledged to allocate Rs5 million each year to a fund designed to offer free treatment to economically disadvantaged patients, with the family involved in the oversight process.<ref name="auto2"/>
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