Makhdoom Makhdoom (, meaning ''one who is served'' and sometimes spelled Makhdum,) is an Arabic word meaning "Teacher of Sunnah." It is a title and group of Pirs, and landlords in South and Central Asia. People with the title Makhdoom * Makhdoom Yahya M ...

Sajjad Hussain Qureshi () (September 1923 – 23 January 1996) was the Governor of Punjab from 30 December 1985 to 9 December 1988. He did his Matriculation from Pilot Secondary School and B.A. from Govt. Emerson College. Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi completed his L.L.B. from

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. His father Makhdoom Mureed Hussain Qureshi was member of the

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before the

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. Qureshi actively participated in the movement for

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on the instructions of

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and visited

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and

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to motivate the public in favour of a new Muslim state. He participated in the historical

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of 1940.

Political career

He served as the mayor of Multan Municipality for 10 years. He was elected as a member of the

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in 1962, 1965 and 1977. He remained member of the Federal Council of Pakistan from 1981 to 1985. He also became a member of the

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and was elected the Deputy Chairman Senate of Pakistan in 1985. His son,

Shah Mehmood Qureshi Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a Parliament of Pakistan from Augu ...

is the Vice Chairman of

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and the former

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. His grandson Zain Hussain Qureshi was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018-2022. His other grandson Kabir Ahmad Qureshi is a senior banker in Lahore.

References

1923 births 1998 deaths Pakistani Sufis Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965 Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969 Pakistani MNAs 1977 Politicians from Multan Pakistan People's Party politicians University of the Punjab alumni Pakistan Movement activists from Punjab Sajjad Hussain Government Emerson College alumni Deputy chairmen of the Senate of Pakistan {{Pakistan-MNA-stub Pakistani people of Arab descent