Syed Abdullah Ali Shah (, 11 December 1934 – 14 April 2007) was a Pakistani politician and lawyer who served as

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

of the

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province of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996.

Life

Syed Abdullah Ali Shah was born on 11 December 1934 in Wahur village in

Dadu District Dadu District (), () is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Sindh, Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters in the city of Dadu, Pakistan, Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils fro ...

of Sindh province. He was educated in Karachi and graduated as a

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. He was married and had five daughters and two sons. His son

Syed Murad Ali Shah Syed Murad Ali Shah (; born 8 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan and a member of the Sindh Assembly. It is his third term as Chief mini ...

is the current chief minister of Sindh.Murad, a CM whose father also held the same office
/ref> Abdullah Shah joined the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

(PPP) in 1970 and was provincial minister during the tenure of former Chief Minister

Mumtaz Bhutto Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto (, ) (28 November 1933 – 18 July 2021), was a Pakistani politician who served as 8th Governor of Sindh and later the 13th Chief Minister of Sindh. He was also the first cousin of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was the Pr ...

. Syed Abdullah Shah held the position of Speaker of Sindh Assembly from December 1988 to August 1990 and the

Chief Minister of Sindh The chief minister of Sindh (, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh and serves alongside the Chief Secretary. Murad Ali Shah is the current Chief Minister of Sindh, serving since 26 February 2024. The chief minister is the head of ...

from 21 October 1993 to 6 November 1996. Abdullah Shah was a close confidant of Prime Minister Bhutto. Ms. Bhutto has said, "Shah Sahib was the son of the soil of Sindh and Pakistan. A brave man, he lived and died for his country and for the love and prosperity of the most impoverished."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Abdullah 1934 births 2007 deaths People from Jamshoro District Sindhi people Chief ministers of Sindh Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Sindh MPAs 1993–1996 Speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh Deputy speakers of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh

Life

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