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Zain Qureshi
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Makhdoomzada Muhammad Zain Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: مخدوم زادہ محمد زین حسین قریشی) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 to April 2022. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from July 2022 to January 2023.
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Political career
Qureshi was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-157 (Multan-IV) as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[1][2]
On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Minister for Finance.[3] He served till 10 April 2022, when he resigned from the assembly alongside other PTI members.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from PP-218 Multan-VI as a candidate of the PTI in the 2022 Punjab provincial by-election. He took oath on 18 July 2022.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-150 Multan-III as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the 2024 Pakistani general election. He received 126,775 votes and defeated Javed Akhtar, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[4]
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Professional career
In 2009, Qureshi interned as a legislative fellow in the office of U.S. Senator John Kerry.[5][6] Following his time in the United States, he worked as a relationship manager at MCB Bank from 2009 to 2012.
Personal life
Qureshi is the son of a former Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.[5]
References
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