MULTAN :Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi who is taking oath on Monday, August 20, has the honour to become Foreign Minister of Pakistan second time.
\n\tBorn on June 22, 1956 in a known religious family of Multan,
\nShah Mahmood Qureshi got his early education from Aitchison College
\nLahore and did his Bachelor in Arts (BA) from Forman Christian
\nCollege Lahore followed by Masters in Arts (MA) from Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.
\n\tHe is the eldest son of late governor Punjab, Makhdoom Sajjad
\nHussain Qureshi and nephew of ex-minister Syed Qaswar Gardezi.
\n\tMahkdoom Shah Mahmood started his political career in 1983
\nand won first election in 1985 which was held on non-party basis.
\n\tHe became chairman District Council Multan in 1987 and later
\non remained Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) of Punjab for nine
\nyears from 1985 to 1993.
\n\tHe served as provincial Minister for Planning and Development
\nfrom 1988 to 1990 and as Minister for Finance from 1990 to 1993.
\nLater, he joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected
\nMember National Assembly (MNA) from Multan in 1993. He was made
\nState Minister for Parliamentary Affairs. He lost in 1997 general elections.
\n\tFrom 2000 to 2002, Shah Mahood Qureshi worked as Multan Nazim
\nand afterwards resigned from the post on PPP chairperson Mohtarma
\nBenazir Bhutto’s advice. He again won as MNA in 2002 general election
\nfrom Multan by defeating Makhdoom Javid Hashmi.
\n\tIn 2006, the party made him PPP Punjab president and in 2008
\ngeneral elections, he retained his seat third time as MNA from
\nMultan.
\n\tMr Qureshi was appointed Foreign Minister first time by PPP
\nin 2008 and in 2011 the party changed his portfolio and offered
\nhim Water and Power ministry but he declined.
\n\tHe parted ways with PPP around after 20 years and joined PTI
\nunder the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan in November 2011.
\nOn November 14, 1994 when Imran Khan initiated his fund raising
\ncampaign for Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital from Multan, Makhdoom
\nShah Mahmood, and late Riaz Hussain Qureshi also stood by him for
\nthe noble cause.
\n\tIn recently held general elections, Shah Mahmood Qureshi
\nwon as MNA from Multan and has been made part of cabinet as FM.
\n\tHe is also caretaker shrines of great saints Hazrat Bahauddin
\nZakariya (RA) and Hazrat Shah Rukn-i- Alam (RA).
\n\tHis son Makhdoom Zain Qureshi has elected MNA first time on
\nPTI ticket from Multan in 2018 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MULTAN :Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi who is taking oath on Monday, August 20, has the honour to become Foreign Minister of Pakistan second time. Born on June 22, 1956 in a known religious family of Multan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi got his early education from Aitchison College Lahore and did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n