Sayed Nasir Ali Shah () is an ethnic Hazara Pakistani politician as parliamentarian from 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 ...

who is an elected member of the

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(MNA). Shah hails from the city of

Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

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and belongs to the Hazara community. On 16 April 2010 he was severely injured in a suicide bomb blast planned against him causing several casualties and his son severely injured. On 6 October 2011, he staged a walkout and strike outside the

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in Islamabad while boycotting a session to protest the PPP-led government's apparent inability in curbing continuous sectarian attacks on Hazara people in Balochistan. Later, he was also joined in solidarity by members of the opposition

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. He held talks with Rehman Malik in which he demanded a solid plan to end sectarian killings in Quetta and also called for a complete dissolution of the Government of Balochistan which, according to him, had completely failed to maintain law and order in the province. His father

Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara () (born Quetta, British India; 15 February 1917, 9 August 2002 – Quetta, Pakistan) was a Pakistani politician. He belonged to the Hazara people The Hazaras (; ) are an ethnic group and a principal component o ...

was also a politician and leader.

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Hazara politicians Living people Pakistan People's Party politicians Pakistani Shia Muslims Politicians from Quetta Pakistani people of Hazara descent 1946 births {{PakistanPeoplesParty-MNA-stub

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