Nationality Pakistani Parents Chaudhry Sher Ali Role Pakistani Politician | Name Abid Ali Religion Islam Party Pakistan Muslim League | |
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Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N) Similar People Rana Sanaullah Khan, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Nawaz Sharif, Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Asad Umar | ||
Abid Sher Ali lashes out at Imran Khan
Abid Sher Ali talks to media outside Supreme Court
Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali (Urdu: چوہدری عابد شیر علی; born 21 November 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister of State for Power, in office since August 2017. 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 since 2002.
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- Abid Sher Ali lashes out at Imran Khan
- Abid Sher Ali talks to media outside Supreme Court
- Early life
- Political career
- Personal life
- References
Early life
He was born on 21 November 1971.
Political career
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. 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. 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.
In July 2013, Ali was appointed as the Minister of State for Water and Power. 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. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He was appointed as the Minister of State for Power, a division under then-newly created Ministry of Energy.
Personal life
Ali was born on 21 November 1971. He is son of former mayor of Faisalabad and senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Sher Ali who is a relative of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif. Ali is nephew of Nawaz Sharif.
