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Abid Sher Ali
Pakistani Politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali (born 21 November 1971) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Power, in office from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously he served as the Minister of State for Water and Power from 2013 to 2017. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2018.
He has served in various political fields and has held positions in the Standing Committee on Education (as chairman), Standing Committee on Privatization and Investment, Standing Committee on Water and Power as well as the Standing Committee on Youth Affairs.
He was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on the ticket of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in Pakistani general election, 2013.
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Early life
He was born on 21 November 1971.[1]
Political career
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Ali was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on the ticket of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from constituency NA-84 (Faisalabad-X) in Pakistani general election, 2002.[2][3][4] He was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on the ticket of the PML-N from constituency NA-84 Faisalabad in Pakistani general election, 2008.[5][4] Ali was re-elected for the third consecutive time as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on the ticket of the PML-N from his constituency in Pakistani general election, 2013.[6][7][8][9]
In July 2013, Ali was appointed as the Minister of State for Water and Power.[7][8] He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision.[10] Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[11][12] He was appointed as the Minister of State for Power, a division under then-newly created Ministry of Energy.[13]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-108 (Faisalabad-VIII) as a candidate of PML(N) in the 2018 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful and lost the seat to Farrukh Habib, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[14]
After 2018 general elections, Hamza Sharif resign from his National Assembly seat NA-124 Lahore Abid submit papers for by election as PML(N) candidate, but Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is senior leader of PML-(N), so party decided to give ticket to Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. But he contested and lost to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who also contest, as Officially PMLN candidate.[15]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-108 (Faisalabad-VIII) as a candidate of PML(N) in the 2022 Pakistan by-elections but was unsuccessful. He received 75,421 votes and lost the seat to chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan.[16]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-102 Faisalabad-VIII as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-(N)) in the 2024 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful, with heavy margin of 32,225 he received 100,320 votes and lost the seat to Changaiz Ahmed Khan Kakar, a independent candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who received 132,526 votes.[17]
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Personal life
Ali is son of former mayor of Faisalabad and senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Sher Ali,[18] who is a relative of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif.[19] Ali is nephew of Nawaz Sharif.[7][9]
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