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Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan
Pakistani politician (1942–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pir Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan Shah (Urdu: سید افتخار الحسن; 2 February 1942 – 2 August 2020), also known as Zahray Shah,[1] was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
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Early life
He was born on 2 February 1942, in Sialkot, Punjab to Syed family and was a descendant of the Islamic saint Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri.[2][3]
Political career
Shah was a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1990. He was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for Daska in 1993 and again in 1998.[4] Later, he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-113 (Sialkot-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6][7] He received 118,192 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[8]
In October 2017, he was appointed as chairperson of the National Assembly's standing committees on postal services.[9]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-75 (Sialkot-IV) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[10] He received 101,617 votes and defeated Ali Asjad Malhi, a candidate of PTI.[11]
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Death
He died on 2 August 2020, at the age of 78.[4]
References
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