Ghous Ali Shah

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name = Syed Ghous Ali Shah


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birth_date = 1934
birth_place = Ghari Mori Village, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
office = 20th Defence Minister of Pakistan
prime minister = Nawaz Sharif
term_start = 10 September 1991
term_end = 17 July 1993
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Syed Ghous Ali Shah (born 1 January, 1934 (Urdu: سید غوث علی شاہ ) is a Pakistani politician and the current President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Sindh. He was Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan from 1985-1988 & later the Chief Executive in 1999

Education

He graduated from the Sindh Muslim Law College of the University of Karachi, Pakistan. He did his LLB from the Sindh Muslim Law College of the University of Karachi in 1957.

Career

He practiced law until 1979. He was elected President of the District Bar Association Khairpur for a record term of six years continuously. He was elected to the highest elected office of the Advocates of Pakistan as its Vice Chairman for two terms in 1974 & 1979 when he was elevated to the bench as Judge of the Sindh High Court at Karachi.

From 1981-1984 he was the provincial Minister for Law, Education, Culture, Sports & Local Government. He got premature retirement from the Sindh High Court & reentered politics. He was elected as member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and became leader of the house and Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan from 1985-1988.

He was elected to the Parliament (National Assembly of Pakistan) in 1990 & became Defence Minister till 1993. He was again elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as well as National Assembly of Pakistan in 1997. He resigned his Provincial Assembly seat and became the Minister for Education (Pakistan) till 1999. During this time he was chosen,by the parliament by vote, to fill the nomination for the post of the President although this decision was changed under difficult circumstances in 1998. He was appointed Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for affairs of the Province of Sindh with powers of the Chief Minister & Status of a Federal Minister in June 1999. He continued in this position until October 1999 when the Army of Pakistan took over in a military coup d'état on 12 October, 1999.Fact|date=September 2008

Ghous Ali Shah is the Provincial head of the PML-N Sindh & has been elected for another 4 year term from 2006-2010 as President of the Sindh Province. He has been elected in this position on numerous occasions since 1986.

It has been reported that Ghous Ali Shah was one of many candidates considered by Pakistan Muslim League (N) for the position of President of Pakistan after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008