Shabbir Ali Qureshi

{{Short description|Pakistani politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Shabir Ali Qureshi | office = Minister of State for Housing and Works | image = Mianshabirali.jpg | term_start = 2018 | term_end = 2022 | prime_minister = Imran Khan | president = Arif Alvi | office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start1 = 29 February 2024 | term_end1 = | constituency1 = NA-179 Kot Addu-I | birth_place = Kot Addu, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan | father = Mohsin Ali Qureshi<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raza |first1=Malik Tahseen |title=Shabbir Qureshi's defection a blow to PPP in south Punjab |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1191814 |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=2 July 2015}}</ref> | party = PTI (2018-present) | term_start2 = 13 August 2018 | term_end2 = 10 August 2023 | constituency2 = NA-181 (Muzaffargarh-I) }} '''Mian Muhammad Shabbir Ali Qureshi''' is a Pakistani politician and the founder of District Kot Addu. He formerly served as the Minister of State for Housing and Works, holding office from 4 October 2018 till April 2022. He has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 until January 2023. He is the son of Mohsin Ali Qureshi, a politician who was also elected as a member of the National Assembly twice from the same constituency.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1191814 | title=Shabbir Qureshi's defection a blow to PPP in south Punjab | date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>

== Personal life == Shabir Ali Qureshi was born in Kot Addu. He is the son of Mohsin Ali Qureshi. He has a sibling, Ahsan Ali Qureshi,<ref>https://www.pap.gov.pk/members/profile/en/22/1933</ref> who is a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.

==Political career== He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-181 (Muzaffargarh-I) as an independent candidate in the 2018 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news |title=LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/25/live-updates-polling-ends-counting-of-votes-begins/ |accessdate=4 August 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>

Following his successful election, he announced to joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in August 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nine independent MNAs, 23 MPAs join PTI |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/353722-nine-independent-mnas-23-mpas-join-pti |accessdate=14 August 2018 |work=The News |language=en}}</ref>

On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Imran's cabinet expanded by six {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1800269/1-pm-imrans-cabinet-expanded-six/ |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=11 September 2018}}</ref> On 4 October 2018, he was appointed as Minister of State for Housing and Works.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification 4 October 2018 |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/noti-housing-narcotics-05-10-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet Division |accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly from NA-179 Kot Addu-I as a PTI-endorsed independent candidate in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 104,329 votes and defeated Malik Ghulam Qasim Hanjra, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).

==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{Khan Cabinet}} {{Muzaffargarh}}

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