Syed Zafar Ali Shah
{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =MNA
| name = Syed Zafar Ali Shah
| office = 14th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start = 17 October 1993
| term_end =5 November 1996
|otherparty = PPP (1960-2013)
| party = PTI (2013-present)
| nationality = Pakistani
| relatives =
|predecessor=Mohammad Nawaz Khokhar|successor=Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal|1blankname=Speaker|1namedata=Yousaf Raza Gillani|office1=Minister of State for Water & Power|termstart1=31 March 1989|termend1=6 August 1990|constituency=|constituency1=|office2=Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan|termstart2=20 March 1985|termend2=16 March 2013|primeminister1=Benazir Bhutto|predecessor1=Elahi Bux Soomro (caretaker)|successor1=Raja Nadir Pervez}}
Syed Zafar Ali Shah ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سید ظفر علی شاه}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who has served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1985 and 1998. A member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf, Shah previously served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1996.
Education
He graduated with M.A and LL.B degrees.{{cite web|title=SPEAKER|url=http://pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1962-1965.htm|website=pap.gov.pk|accessdate=3 July 2017}}
Political career
Shah was elected to the Provincial Assembly of NWFP in the 1962 Pakistani general election and again in the 1970 Pakistani general election. He has held the position of Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 1962 to 1965{{cite web|title=Former Deputy Speakers|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/html/formerdeputyspeakers_e.shtml|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=3 July 2017}} and Provincial Minister for Food, Forests, Livestocks and Fisheries, Sindh, in 1984.{{fact|date=September 2024}} Shah was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in the 1985 Pakistani general election and appointed as Federal Minister for Industries, Food, Agriculture and Livestock in 1985.{{fact|date=September 2024}} He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1988 Pakistani general election, and appointed as Federal Minister of State for Water and Power in 1989. He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-159 constituency on PPP ticket in the 1990 Pakistani general election,{{cite news|title=Six Pakistani PMs, two presidents won the rigged 1990 polls|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/395157-six-pakistani-pms-two-presidents-won-the-rigged-1990-polls|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}} and in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He held the position of National Assembly Deputy Speaker in 1993. He was elected to the National Assembly from NA-212 (Naushero Feroze-II) on PPP ticket in the 2002 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Nazim, police accused of harassing PPP voters|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/61781|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=15 October 2002|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Mohammad Hussain|title=PS-21 by-poll: Challenge for both PPP & nationalist parties|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/759583|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=26 October 2012|language=en}} He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-212 (Naushero Feroze-II) on PPP ticket in the 2008 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|last1=News|first1=Dawn|title=PPP MNA Zafar Ali Shah joins PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/777255|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=8 January 2013|language=en}}
In 2013, he left PPP to join Pakistan Muslim League N.{{cite news|title=PPP MNA Zafar Ali Shah decides to join PML-N – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/491035/ppp-mna-zafar-ali-shah-decides-to-join-pml-n/|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=8 January 2013}} He ran for the seat of National Assembly from NA-212 (Naushero Feroze-II) on PML-N ticket in the 2013 Pakistani general election{{cite news|title=PPP old faces to contest Sindh constituencies|url=http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/2013-04-11/ppp-old-faces-to-contest-sindh-constituencies|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=The Nation}} but was unsuccessful.{{cite news|title=PPPP retains majority in Sindh Assembly|url=http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/13-May-2013/pppp-retains-majority-in-sindh-assembly|accessdate=3 July 2017|work=The Nation}}
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| title=Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
| years=17 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
| before=Haji M. Nawaz Khokhar
| after=Chaudhry Muhammad Jaffar Iqbal
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Category:Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988
Category:Members of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Category:People from Naushahro Feroze District
Category:Pakistan People's Party politicians
Category:Deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Category:Deputy speakers of the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan