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'''Qaim Ali Shah''' ({{lang-sd|سيد قائم علي شاهه جيلاني}} ,{{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|''' سید قائم علی شاہ جیلانی '''}}}}) is the ], Sindh President of the ] (PPP) and an elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from PS-220 (]-1). Formerly, Shah has been Federal Minister for Industries and Kashmir Affairs, a senator and a two-time Chief Minister of Sindh (17th and 26th).<ref name="cmsindh.gov.pk">CM Sindh Official Website http://www.cmsindh.gov.pk/2%20page%20cm%20profile.htm</ref> '''Syed Qaim Daim Ali Shah''' ({{langx|sd|سيد قائم علي شاه}} ,{{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سید قائم علی شاہ}}}}) is a ] ] who served as the elected ] for three terms. His last two terms combined, a total of eight years, makes him the longest serving ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1273410/change-of-guard-in-sindh|title=Change of guard in Sindh|first=Zahid|last=Hussain|date=27 July 2016|work=dawn.com|accessdate=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is ] President of the ] (PPP) and was an elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from PS-220 (]-1).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syed Murad Ali Shah takes oath as new Sindh CM – Pakistan – Dunya News |url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/346967-Murad-Ali-Shah-takes-oath-as-new-Sindh-CM |access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref><ref name="cmsindh.gov.pk">CM Sindh Official Website http://www.cmsindh.gov.pk/2%20page%20cm%20profile.htm</ref>

For his role as a founding member of PPP and his political experience, Shah enjoys the reputation of being a Pakistani political kingmaker of sorts.


==Education== ==Education==
Syed Qaim Ali Shah was born the 13th of September,1928<ref name="tribune.com.pk">http://tribune.com.pk/story/553946/age-is-just-a-number-i-am-still-young-insists-85-year-old-qaim-ali-shah/</ref> to Syed Ramzan Ali Shah Jillani in Khairpur Mirs.<ref>Qaim Ali Shah, Provincial Assembly Profile http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/325</ref> Shah’s household was counted amongst ]'s more influential and educated families. After completing his early education at Naz High School, Shah's family married young Shah to a relative. Shah then proceeded to Karachi for higher education. Syed Qaim Ali Shah was born on 13 September 1933 <ref name="pas.gov.pk">{{cite web|title=Qaim Ali Shah, Provincial Assembly Profile|url=http://www.pas.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/325|website=] (pas.gov.pk)}}</ref> to Syed Ramzan Ali Shah Jillani in Khairpur Mirs.<ref name="pas.gov.pk"/> Shah's household was counted amongst ]'s more influential and educated families. After completing his early education at Naz High School, Shah's family married young Shah to a relative. Shah then proceeded to Karachi for higher education.


In Karachi, Shah enrolled at ] and received a ]. Later, he received a ] from ]. In Karachi, Shah enrolled at ] and received a ]. Later, he received a ] from ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/581463-heres-how-qaim-ali-shah-manages-to-stay-fit|title=Here's how Qaim Ali Shah manages to stay fit|date=10 December 2019|website=The News International}}</ref>


During the course of his studies at SM Law College, Shah benefited from the company and guidance of his then professor, ], building a bond that would last for the duration of his professor's life.<ref>SM Law College Honour Roll http://www.smlawcollege.edu.pk/rollofhonour.php</ref> During the course of his studies at ], Shah benefited from the company and guidance of his then professor, ], building a bond that would last for the duration of his professor's life.<ref>SM Law College Honour Roll {{cite web |url=http://www.smlawcollege.edu.pk/rollofhonour.php |title=S.M. Law College |access-date=2012-03-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805201309/http://www.smlawcollege.edu.pk/rollofhonour.php |archive-date=5 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Political career== ==Political career==
Shah entered politics on being elected the Chairman of Khairpur’s district council under Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s system of Basic Democracy in the 1960s.<ref name="cmsindh.gov.pk"/> His close association with Bhutto led to his joining Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s PPP shortly after PPP’s creation in 1967. Shah entered politics on being elected the Chairman of Khairpur's district council under Field Marshal ]’s system of Basic Democracy in the 1960s.<ref name="cmsindh.gov.pk"/> His close association with Bhutto led to his joining ]’s PPP shortly after PPP’s creation in 1967.


He contested general elections of 1970 with a PPP-ticket from Khairpur Mirs and defeated his opponents, Comrade Syed Baqir Ali Shah (provincial president of ] and Council Member of Communist Party of Pakistan) and Syed Ghous Ali Shah. Recognizing young Shah's capability, Prime Minister ] appointed Qaim Ali Shah to his small cabinet as the Federal Minister for Industries and Kashmir Affairs. He contested general elections of 1970 with a PPP-ticket from Khairpur Mirs and defeated his opponents, Comrade Syed Baqir Ali Shah (provincial president of ] and Council Member of Communist Party of Pakistan) and Syed Ghous Ali Shah. Recognizing young Shah's capability, Prime Minister ] appointed Qaim Ali Shah to his small cabinet as the Federal Minister for Industries and Kashmir Affairs.


After General ]'s coup d'état in July 1977, Shah was arrested along with Bhutto and other cabinet ministers. Unlike other PPP bigwigs such as ], Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Makhdoom Khaliq-uz-Zaman, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who either left the party or became inactive, Qaim Ali Shah remained loyal to the party.<ref name="archives.dawn.com">Dawn Profile http://archives.dawn.com/2008/04/08/local12.htm</ref> During the eleven years of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq’s rule, Shah, and members of his family suffered imprisonment, torture, virtual poverty (as accounts and lands were seized), and constant fear. Most notably, Shah’s politically active nephew, Syed Parvez Ali Shah Jillani attained ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ status in Amnesty International’s 1985 report for enduring six years of torture in General Zia’s torture cells. Benazir Bhutto’s autobiography, ''Daughter of the East'', records Parvez’s ordeal in greater detail.<ref name="Daughter of the East">{{cite book|last=Bhutto|first=Benazir|title=Daughter of the East|year=1989|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|isbn=978-0-241-12398-0|url=http://www.amazon.com/Daughter-East-Benazir-Bhutto/dp/0241123984}}</ref> After General ]'s coup d'état in July 1977, Shah was arrested along with Bhutto and other cabinet ministers. Unlike other PPP bigwigs such as ], Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Makhdoom Khaliq-uz-Zaman, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who either left the party or became inactive, Qaim Ali Shah remained loyal to the party.<ref name="archives.dawn.com">Dawn Profile http://archives.dawn.com/2008/04/08/local12.htm</ref> During the eleven years of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq’s rule, Shah, and members of his family suffered imprisonment, torture, virtual poverty (as accounts and lands were seized), and constant fear. Most notably, Shah’s politically active nephew, Syed Pervez Ali Shah attained ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ status in Amnesty International's 1985 report for enduring six years of torture in General Zia's torture cells. Benazir Bhutto's autobiography, ''Daughter of the East'', records Parvez's ordeal in greater detail.<ref name="Daughter of the East">{{cite book|last=Bhutto|first=Benazir|title=Daughter of the East|year=1989|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|isbn=978-0-241-12398-0}}</ref>


With General Zia’s death and Benazir Bhutto’s return to the country, Shah was appointed the president of PPP-Sindh in recognition of his services to the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) and PPP. His landslide victory in the 1988 elections from his constituency, Khairpur Mirs, paved way for his appointment as the 17th Chief Minister of Sindh on 2 December 1988. With General Zia's death and ]’s return to the country, Shah was appointed the president of PPP-Sindh in recognition of his services to the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) and PPP. His landslide victory in the 1988 elections from his constituency, Khairpur Mirs, paved way for his appointment as the 17th Chief Minister of Sindh on 2 December 1988.


Subsequently, Shah was elected as a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), Sindh in 1990, 1993, 2002 and 2008. He lost the only election of his career in 1997 when the PPP was nearly routed from parliament. Later, he made a bid for a senate seat, and won his first and only senate term in late 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=347|title=Senate of Pakistan|website=www.senate.gov.pk}}</ref>

Subsequently, Shah was elected as a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), Sindh in 1990, 1993, 2002 and 2008. He lost the only election of his career in 1997 when the PPP was nearly routed from parliament. Later, he made a bid for a senate seat, and won his first and only senate term in late 1997.


He won seven out of eight general elections he contested, becoming a MPA six times, and Member of National Assembly (MNA) and senator once. Shah completed his 2nd term as Chief Minister of Sindh on 21 March 2013.<ref>CM Sindh Profile http://www.cmsindh.gov.pk/2%20page%20cm%20profile.htm</ref> He won seven out of eight general elections he contested, becoming a MPA six times, and Member of National Assembly (MNA) and senator once. Shah completed his 2nd term as Chief Minister of Sindh on 21 March 2013.<ref>CM Sindh Profile http://www.cmsindh.gov.pk/2%20page%20cm%20profile.htm</ref>


He was once again, for the third time, elected to the office of Chief Minister of Sindh after the 2013 general elections. In July 2016, the PPP leadership decided to replace Shah with ] as CM Sindh. He remained the member of Sindh assembly until the end of his term
The PPP high official has decided to replace the current CM of Sindh, the new nominated CM is ]. <ref>{{cite news|title=Forever Qaim|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1150160/forever-qaim/|accessdate=27 July 2016|agency=]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=Murad Ali Shah will be new Sindh CM|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1150273/murad-ali-shah-will-new-sindh-cm/|accessdate=27 July 2016|agency=]}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite news|title=Forever Qaim|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1150160/forever-qaim/|accessdate=27 July 2016|agency=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Syed Murad Ali Shah will be new Sindh CM |agency=] |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1150273/murad-ali-shah-will-new-sindh-cm/ |accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Shah’s first marriage was arranged by his family during his teenage years to a cousin. After Shah completed his education in Karachi, his family, in accordance with the customs of the day, arranged his second marriage to Husn Afroze Brohi, sister of ]. Neither of his wives outlived him. Husn Afroze suffered from breast cancer and died in the late 1970s and Shah's first wife died from terminal illness a few years later. After several years as a widower, Shah contracted his marriage to his current wife according to the wishes of his family and friends. Shah has had three wives. His first marriage was arranged by his family during his teenage years to a cousin. After Shah completed his education in Karachi, his family, in accordance with the customs of the day, arranged his second marriage to Husn Afroze Brohi, sister of ]. Neither of his wives outlived him. Husn Afroze suffered from breast cancer and died in the late 1970s and Shah's first wife died from terminal illness a few years later. After several years as a widower, Shah contracted his marriage to his current wife according to the wishes of his family and friends.


Syed Qaim Ali Shah has four sons and eight daughters.<ref name="archives.dawn.com"/> The four children from his first marriage include Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, Dr. Syed Liaquat Ali Shah, Shamshad Shah and Najma Shah. Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah is primarily an agriculturalist while Dr. Liaquat Ali Shah is an eye-specialist. Shamsad and Najma are housewives. Syed Qaim Ali Shah has four sons and seven daughters.<ref name="archives.dawn.com"/> Politician ] is his daughter from his marriage to Husn Afroze.

Syed Asad Ali Shah, Dr. Nusrat Shah, Naheed Shah Durrani, Nuzhat Shah, his sister Dr. Nighat Shah, Dr. Nafisa Shah, and Syed Afzal Shah are his children from his marriage to Husn Afroze.

Syed Asad Ali Shah is the President of ], a board member of , a senior partner of ]'s Pakistani firm, and the Vice-Chairman of Group of Experts on Accounting and Reporting, a forum of the ].<ref>Syed Asad Ali Shah IFAC Profile http://www.ifac.org/About/bio.php?bio=sshah</ref>

Dr Nusrat Shah is a consultant gynecologist and assistant professor at ]. Dr. Nighat Shah is also a consultant gynecologist, private practitioner, lecturer at ] and current general secretary of Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Pakistan.<ref></ref>

Naheed Shah Durrani is a civil servant. After scoring high marks on her CSS exam, she was selected under General Zia-ul-Haq's regime that was otherwise opposed to Naheed's father.<ref name="archives.dawn.com"/> After 14 years of service in the foreign ministry, district management group, and finance ministry, Durrani has worked her way towards her current post as provincial secretary for education.<ref>Naheed Durrani, Sindh Education Secretary http://tribune.com.pk/story/129633/all-children-to-be-enrolled-in-schools/</ref>

Dr. ] is a politician, journalist, anthropologist and painter. Dr. Nafisa Shah is a member of the National Assembly, Chairperson of ] (NCHD), Member of Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, Finance and Minorities. She has the distinction of being counted among a few female politicians with over ten years of experience of field politics and an even smaller number of parliamentarians with the distinction of completing doctorate and postgraduate studies from the prestigious ].

Syed Afzal Shah Jilani is an actuarial scientist living and working in the US.

Nuzhat Shah is a child with special needs and Shah's youngest daughter, Mona, is studying medicine in Pakistan.


==See also== ==See also==
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* http://www.smlawcollege.edu.pk/rollofhonour.php *
* http://pakistanherald.com/Profile/Syed-Qaim-Ali-Shah-130 *
* http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/04/nafisa-shah-gets-phd-from-oxford.html *
* http://www.ifac.org/About/bio.php?bio=sshah *
* http://www.lead.org/member/403 *
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MPASyed Qaim Ali Shah
سید قائم علی شاہ
17th Chief Minister of Sindh
In office
30 May 2013 – 25 July 2016
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
GovernorIshrat-ul-Ibad Khan
Preceded byZahid Qurban Alvi
Succeeded bySyed Murad Ali Shah
In office
6 April 2008 – 20 March 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Raja Parvez Ashraf
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
GovernorIshrat-ul-Ibad Khan
Preceded byAbdul Qadir Halepota
Succeeded byZahid Qurban Alvi
In office
2 December 1988 – 25 February 1990
PresidentGhulam Ishaq Khan
Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto
GovernorQadeeruddin Ahmed
Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
Preceded byAkhtar Ali Ghulam Qazi
Succeeded byAftab Shaban Mirani
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
ConstituencyPS-26 Khairpur-I
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyPS-29 (Khairpur-I)
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyPS-29 (Khairpur-I)
Personal details
Born (1933-09-13) 13 September 1933 (age 91)
Khairpur, British India
Political partyPPP
ChildrenNafisa Shah (daughter)
ResidenceKarachi

Syed Qaim Daim Ali Shah (Sindhi: سيد قائم علي شاه ,Urdu: سید قائم علی شاہ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the elected Chief Minister of Sindh for three terms. His last two terms combined, a total of eight years, makes him the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh. He is Sindh President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was an elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from PS-220 (Khairpur-1).

Education

Syed Qaim Ali Shah was born on 13 September 1933 to Syed Ramzan Ali Shah Jillani in Khairpur Mirs. Shah's household was counted amongst Khayrpur state's more influential and educated families. After completing his early education at Naz High School, Shah's family married young Shah to a relative. Shah then proceeded to Karachi for higher education.

In Karachi, Shah enrolled at Karachi University and received a Bachelor of Arts. Later, he received a Bachelor of Laws from S. M. Law College.

During the course of his studies at Sindh Muslim Law College, Shah benefited from the company and guidance of his then professor, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, building a bond that would last for the duration of his professor's life.

Political career

Shah entered politics on being elected the Chairman of Khairpur's district council under Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s system of Basic Democracy in the 1960s. His close association with Bhutto led to his joining Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s PPP shortly after PPP’s creation in 1967.

He contested general elections of 1970 with a PPP-ticket from Khairpur Mirs and defeated his opponents, Comrade Syed Baqir Ali Shah (provincial president of National Awami Party (Wali) and Council Member of Communist Party of Pakistan) and Syed Ghous Ali Shah. Recognizing young Shah's capability, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto appointed Qaim Ali Shah to his small cabinet as the Federal Minister for Industries and Kashmir Affairs.

After General Zia-ul-Haq's coup d'état in July 1977, Shah was arrested along with Bhutto and other cabinet ministers. Unlike other PPP bigwigs such as Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Makhdoom Khaliq-uz-Zaman, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who either left the party or became inactive, Qaim Ali Shah remained loyal to the party. During the eleven years of Gen. Zia-ul-Haq’s rule, Shah, and members of his family suffered imprisonment, torture, virtual poverty (as accounts and lands were seized), and constant fear. Most notably, Shah’s politically active nephew, Syed Pervez Ali Shah attained ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ status in Amnesty International's 1985 report for enduring six years of torture in General Zia's torture cells. Benazir Bhutto's autobiography, Daughter of the East, records Parvez's ordeal in greater detail.

With General Zia's death and Benazir Bhutto’s return to the country, Shah was appointed the president of PPP-Sindh in recognition of his services to the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) and PPP. His landslide victory in the 1988 elections from his constituency, Khairpur Mirs, paved way for his appointment as the 17th Chief Minister of Sindh on 2 December 1988.

Subsequently, Shah was elected as a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), Sindh in 1990, 1993, 2002 and 2008. He lost the only election of his career in 1997 when the PPP was nearly routed from parliament. Later, he made a bid for a senate seat, and won his first and only senate term in late 1997.

He won seven out of eight general elections he contested, becoming a MPA six times, and Member of National Assembly (MNA) and senator once. Shah completed his 2nd term as Chief Minister of Sindh on 21 March 2013.

He was once again, for the third time, elected to the office of Chief Minister of Sindh after the 2013 general elections. In July 2016, the PPP leadership decided to replace Shah with Syed Murad Ali Shah as CM Sindh. He remained the member of Sindh assembly until the end of his term

Personal life

Shah has had three wives. His first marriage was arranged by his family during his teenage years to a cousin. After Shah completed his education in Karachi, his family, in accordance with the customs of the day, arranged his second marriage to Husn Afroze Brohi, sister of A. K. Brohi. Neither of his wives outlived him. Husn Afroze suffered from breast cancer and died in the late 1970s and Shah's first wife died from terminal illness a few years later. After several years as a widower, Shah contracted his marriage to his current wife according to the wishes of his family and friends.

Syed Qaim Ali Shah has four sons and seven daughters. Politician Nafisa Shah is his daughter from his marriage to Husn Afroze.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Qaim Ali Shah, Provincial Assembly Profile". Provincial Assembly of Sindh (pas.gov.pk).
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Chief Minister of Sindh

Preceded byAkhtar Ali Kazi 1st term
2 December 1988 – 25 February 1990 		Succeeded byAftab Shaban Mirani
Preceded byAbdul Qadir Halepoto 2nd term
6 April 2008 – 20 March 2013 		Succeeded byZahid Qurban Alvi
Preceded byZahid Qurban Alvi 3rd term
30 May 2013 		Succeeded bySyed Murad Ali Shah
Chief minister of Sindh
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