Syed Murad Ali Shah ( ur, , ; born 8 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician and

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who is the 29th and current

Chief Minister of Sindh Chief Minister of Sindh (, ur, —), is the elected head of government of Sindh. Syed Murad Ali Shah is a PPP politician and the current Chief Minister of Sindh. The Chief Minister is the head of the provincial government alongside the Chief ...

province of

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and has been a member of the Sindh Assembly.

Early life and education

Shah was born in

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, to Syed Abdullah Ali Shah who was also chief minister of Sindh. Shah

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from Saint Patrick's High School, did intermediate study at D. J. Sindh Government Science College in Karachi, and was admitted to the

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programme at the NED University of Engineering and Technology. He graduated with a B.E. in

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and was a

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ist on his graduation from the NED. After earning the Quaid-e-Azam scholarship, he went to the

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and attended Stanford University in

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where he completed his M.Sc. in structural engineering. He completed a second master's from Stanford University two years later in economic systems where again he was on an international scholarship. From 1986 to 1990, Shah pursued his engineering career with the

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions u ...

as a water engineer at the Water and Power Development Authority in

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. He later went to join the Port Qasim Authority in

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. He was also a city engineer for

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's Development Authority. He was an engineer at Wapda, Port Qasim Authority and the Hyderabad Development Authority, before joining

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. Shah worked for

in Sindh and in London. He also worked at the Gulf Investment Corporation in Kuwait.

Political career

He became a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 2002 for the first time representing PS-77 Jamshoro-cum-Dadu (Old Dadu III). He was elected to the Sindh Assembly in 2008 as a member of the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

and was the provincial Minister for Irrigation in Syed Qaim Ali Shah's cabinet. In 2013, he was made the provincial finance minister. In July 2016, Shah was elected to the chief minister's office. He was minister for irrigation (Sindh) and finance minister of Sindh before his elevation to chief minister of Sindh in 2016. Shah was barred from contesting in 2013 despite giving up his Canadian citizenship. After proving to the courts that he did not hold Canadian nationality, Shah was able to run in the election. He was elected to the Sindh Assembly for a third consecutive time. He was subsequently assigned the finance ministry in the provincial cabinet.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Syed Murad Ali Living people 1962 births Chief Ministers of Sindh Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) People from Jamshoro District Pakistani emigrants to Canada Canadian emigrants to Pakistan NED University of Engineering & Technology alumni Pakistani civil engineers Stanford University alumni St. Patrick's High School, Karachi alumni D. J. Sindh Government Science College alumni Sindhi people Murad Ali Shah Sindh MPAs 2008–2013 Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 Murad Ali Shah People who lost Canadian citizenship Naturalized citizens of Canada