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'''Shafqat Mahmood''' was born in [[Gujjar]] community.He is a Pakistani Politician, Columnist, and a retired civil servant who is serving as the Member of Parliament of [[Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf from [[Lahore]]'s [[Constituency NA-126]].<ref>http://tribune.com.pk/story/548097/shafqat-mehmood-bags-na-126-seat-from-lahore/</ref>


'''Shafqat Mahmood''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|شفقت محمود}}}}; 19 February 1950) is a retired [[Pakistani]] bureaucrat-turned-politician who served as the Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage, from 20 August 2018 to 3 April 2022. Before going into politics, he served as a grade 20 officer of the [[Pakistan Administrative Service]].
PUBLIC SERVICE


He was elected a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 2013 and 2018. He has been a member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]] from March 1994 to March 2000. He served as Federal Minister for the [[Ministry of National Food Security and Research|Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock]], the [[Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan)|Ministry of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife]], and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister [[Malik Meraj Khalid]] from November 1996 to February 1997. He served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000 during the military rule of [[Pervez Musharraf]]. He is no longer Member of the National Assembly as he resigned from the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=As per decision of the party I have today resigned |number=1513450801938632705 |user=shafqat_mahmood |archive-date=Apr 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417111615/https://twitter.com/shafqat_mahmood/status/1513450801938632705 |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2023 |lang=en |url=https://twitter.com/shafqat_mahmood/status/1513450801938632705}}</ref>
He joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (District Management Group) in 1973 and served for about seventeen (17) years until he resigned in 1990 to join politics. During service he was Assistant Commissioner Pakpattan and Murree from 1975 to 1978, Deputy secretary in Punjab from 1979 to 1980 and then Deputy Commissioner in Gujranwala and DG Khan from 1981 to 1985. Among other positions he was Additional Commissioner Afghan Refugees Punjab in 1985 and Additional Secretary finance in Punjab from 1988–89. After briefly serving as Deputy Commissioner Islamabad in 1989 he was posted as joint secretary PM's Secretariat from where he resigned from service in 1990.


== See also ==
==Early life and education==
He was born on 19 February 1950.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=126|access-date=9 July 2017|date=21 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421145222/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=126|archive-date=21 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Belonging to a [[Gurjar|Gujjar]] family, his cousins include [[Zaka Ashraf]], associated with the [[Pakistan People's Party|PPP]] and who also served as the [[Pakistan Cricket Board|PCB]] chairman, as well [[Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar]], a senior [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML-N]] politician.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2022 |title=Marriage of Convenience |url=https://www.bolnews.com/2022/08/07/national-nerve/marriage-of-convenience/index.html |access-date=22 June 2023 |website=[[BOL News]] |quote=Shafqat Mahmood of the PTI is the cousin of the PPP’s Zaka Ashraf [...] Gujjar is also a cousin of Shafqat Mahmood.}}</ref>
* [[Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf]]
* [[District Management Group]]


He completed his early education at [[Sadiq Public School]], [[Bahawalpur]], and later studied in the [[Government College University, Lahore]] before completing his Masters in Psychology from [[University of the Punjab]] in 1970.<ref name="senate/1994">{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=261|title=Senate of Pakistan|website=Senate of Pakistan|access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref> He received a Masters in Public Administration from [[Harvard University]] in 1981.<ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> He also obtained a Masters in Public Policy and Administration from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1987.<ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> He has also cleared the [[Central Superior Services|Central Superior Service]] (CSS) exams.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2018 |title=Comparing educational credentials of PML-N and PTI bigwigs |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/275912/comparing-educational-credentials-of-pml-n-and-pti-cabinet-leaders/ |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=Daily Times}}</ref>
== Articles ==

* [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-79154-No-chance-of-military-rule A strange tale] The News International, 18 November 2011
His daughter [[Tara Mahmood]] is an actress and singer.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 January 2021 |title=Shafqat Mehmood's daughter Tara is a famous Pakistani actress |language=en |work=www.thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/779601-shafqat-mehmoods-daughter-tara-is-a-famous-pakistani-actress |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
* [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-79154-No-chance-of-military-rule No chance of military rule], The News International, 25 November 2011

* [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-80370-A-grim-confrontation A grim confrontation], The News International, 2 December 2011
==Early career==
* [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-90810-A-question-of-leadership A question of leadership], The News International, 2 February 2012
He started his career by joining the [[Pakistan Administrative Service]] cadre of the civil bureaucracy in 1973.<ref name="senate/1997">{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=364|title=Senate of Pakistan|website=Senate of Pakistan|access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref> He served as Assistant Commissioner of [[Murree]] and [[Pakpatan]] from 1975 to 1978.<ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> He was then made Deputy Secretary to the Government of the Punjab where he served till 1980.<ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> He served as Deputy Commissioner of [[Gujranwala]] and [[Dera Ghazi Khan]] for five years and also as an Additional Commissioner of the Afghan Refugees Organization for a short time in 1985.<ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> He served as Additional Secretary of Finance of the [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Government of Punjab]] from 1988 to 1989.<ref name="tribune/6may2017" /><ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> Later, he joined the [[Prime Minister's Office (Pakistan)|Prime Minister's Secretariat]] and served as Joint Secretary from 1989 to 1990.<ref name="tribune/6may2017" />
* [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-97740-A-sordid-tale A sordid tale], The News International, 15 March 2012

==Political career==

He left the civil service and joined the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) in 1990 to begin his political career.<ref name="senate/1994"/> He was appointed as political secretary to then Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Benazir Bhutto]] and remained spokesperson for PPP to represent the party on foreign tours.<ref name="senate/1994"/> He remained a close aide of Benazir Bhutto.<ref name="thenation/6may2017">{{cite news |title=Shafqat new PTI information secretary |url=https://nation.com.pk/06-May-2017/shafqat-new-pti-information-secretary |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=6 May 2017}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] as a candidate of PPP from Islamabad in March 1994.<ref name="senate/1994"/><ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011">{{cite news |title=Shafqat Mahmood expected to join PTI today |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/23/shafqat-mahmood-expected-to-join-pti-today/ |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Pakistan Today |date=23 November 2011}}</ref> He remained a member of the Senate until March 2000.<ref name="senate/1997"/>

On 5 November 1996, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of caretaker Prime Minister [[Malik Meraj Khalid]] and was appointed as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock. On 12 November, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Ministry of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife. On 25 November, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development. He served as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock until 15 December 1996. He remained Minister for Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and Minister for Environment, Local Government and Rural Development until 17 February 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caretaker cabinet of Malik Meraj Khalid |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/cabinet/userfiles1/file/Info%20serveces/Federal%20Cabinet%20since%201947/fctc-mmk.pdf |publisher=Cabinet Division |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

He became part of the military government setup following the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]] and served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000.<ref name="tribune/6may2017" /> After his resignation, he began writing columns for an English-language newspaper ''[[The News International]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Majority of PTI ministers, advisers served under Musharraf |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/357105-new-cabinet-old-faces-majority-of-ministers-advisers-served-under-musharraf |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=The News |date=19 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and used to criticize the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) and its chief [[Imran Khan]].<ref name="tribune/6may2017">{{cite news |title=PTI appoints Shafqat Mehmood as information secretary {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1402438/shafqat-mehmood-rejoins-pti-information-secretary/ |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=6 May 2017}}</ref>

He joined PTI in November 2011<ref name="pakistantoday/23nov2011" /> and served as information secretary of PTI from December 2011 to March 2013.<ref name="tribune/6may2017" />

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Constituency NA-126|Constituency NA-126 (Lahore-IX)]] as a candidate of PTI in the [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Shafqat Mehmood bags NA-126 seat from Lahore – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/548097/shafqat-mehmood-bags-na-126-seat-from-lahore/|access-date=12 April 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=12 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412152825/https://tribune.com.pk/story/548097/shafqat-mehmood-bags-na-126-seat-from-lahore/|archive-date=12 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=Lahore: N bags 12 NA, 22 PA seats|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011049|access-date=12 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326135450/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011049|archive-date=26 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Newspaper|first1=the|title=NA-125, 126: Pleas for recount dismissed|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011442|access-date=12 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=15 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412143545/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011442|archive-date=12 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He received 97,933 votes and defeated Khawaja Ahmad Hassan, a candidate of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N).<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |access-date=19 August 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In November 2015, he resigned from the post of PTI organizer in Lahore after the party's poor performance in local government elections held in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shafqat Mehmood steps down from post after PTI's dismal performance |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1216807 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=1 November 2015}}</ref> In May 2017, he became central information secretary of PTI.<ref name="tribune/6may2017" />

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency [[NA-130 (Lahore-VIII)]] in the [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Shafqat Mahmood of PTI wins NA-130 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/shafqat-mahmood-of-pti-wins-na-130-election/ |access-date=3 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

On 18 August, [[Imran Khan]] formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Mahmood was named as [[Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training|Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training]] and Minister for National History and Literary Heritage.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Imran Khan finalises names of 21-member cabinet |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1427792/pm-imran-khan-finalises-names-of-21-member-cabinet |access-date=18 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=18 August 2018}}</ref> On 20 August 2018, he was sworn in as a Federal Minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.<ref>{{cite news |title=16 ministers from PM Imran Khan's cabinet sworn in |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1428169/16-ministers-from-pm-imran-khans-cabinet-sworn-in |access-date=20 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=20 August 2018}}</ref>

On 15 November 2019, he was elected as the President of [[UNESCO]]'s Education Commission.

== Writings ==
He has written numerous articles as well government reports, including ''Devolving the State: A Model for Empowering the People'' in 2000.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nelson |first=Matthew |title=In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan |publisher=Hurst |year=2008 |pages=131}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=257&CatCode=0&CatName Shafqat Mahmood Profile (Senate of Pakistan)]


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Revision as of 11:31, 8 November 2024

Shafqat Mahmood
شفقت محمود
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training
In office
20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byMuhammad Yusuf Shaikh (caretaker)
Minister for National History and Literary Heritage
In office
20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded bySyed Ali Zafar (caretaker)
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-130 Lahore-VIII
In office
1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-126 Lahore-IX
Personal details
Born (1950-02-19) 19 February 1950 (age 74)[1]
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
RelationsZaka Ashraf (cousin)
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar (cousin)
ChildrenTara Mahmood (daughter)[2]
Alma materSadiq Public School

Shafqat Mahmood (Punjabi, Urdu: شفقت محمود; 19 February 1950) is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat-turned-politician who served as the Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage, from 20 August 2018 to 3 April 2022. Before going into politics, he served as a grade 20 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service.

He was elected a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2013 and 2018. He has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1994 to March 2000. He served as Federal Minister for the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid from November 1996 to February 1997. He served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000 during the military rule of Pervez Musharraf. He is no longer Member of the National Assembly as he resigned from the National Assembly.[3]

Early life and education

He was born on 19 February 1950.[1] Belonging to a Gujjar family, his cousins include Zaka Ashraf, associated with the PPP and who also served as the PCB chairman, as well Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar, a senior PML-N politician.[4]

He completed his early education at Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur, and later studied in the Government College University, Lahore before completing his Masters in Psychology from University of the Punjab in 1970.[5] He received a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1981.[6] He also obtained a Masters in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Southern California in 1987.[6] He has also cleared the Central Superior Service (CSS) exams.[7]

His daughter Tara Mahmood is an actress and singer.[8]

Early career

He started his career by joining the Pakistan Administrative Service cadre of the civil bureaucracy in 1973.[9] He served as Assistant Commissioner of Murree and Pakpatan from 1975 to 1978.[6] He was then made Deputy Secretary to the Government of the Punjab where he served till 1980.[6] He served as Deputy Commissioner of Gujranwala and Dera Ghazi Khan for five years and also as an Additional Commissioner of the Afghan Refugees Organization for a short time in 1985.[6] He served as Additional Secretary of Finance of the Government of Punjab from 1988 to 1989.[10][6] Later, he joined the Prime Minister's Secretariat and served as Joint Secretary from 1989 to 1990.[10]

Political career

He left the civil service and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1990 to begin his political career.[5] He was appointed as political secretary to then Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto and remained spokesperson for PPP to represent the party on foreign tours.[5] He remained a close aide of Benazir Bhutto.[11]

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PPP from Islamabad in March 1994.[5][6] He remained a member of the Senate until March 2000.[9]

On 5 November 1996, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of caretaker Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid and was appointed as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock. On 12 November, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Ministry of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife. On 25 November, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio of Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development. He served as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock until 15 December 1996. He remained Minister for Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and Minister for Environment, Local Government and Rural Development until 17 February 1997.[12]

He became part of the military government setup following the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état and served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000.[10] After his resignation, he began writing columns for an English-language newspaper The News International[13] and used to criticize the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its chief Imran Khan.[10]

He joined PTI in November 2011[6] and served as information secretary of PTI from December 2011 to March 2013.[10]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-126 (Lahore-IX) as a candidate of PTI in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[14][15][16] He received 97,933 votes and defeated Khawaja Ahmad Hassan, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[17]

In November 2015, he resigned from the post of PTI organizer in Lahore after the party's poor performance in local government elections held in October 2015.[18] In May 2017, he became central information secretary of PTI.[10]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-130 (Lahore-VIII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[19]

On 18 August, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Mahmood was named as Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training and Minister for National History and Literary Heritage.[20] On 20 August 2018, he was sworn in as a Federal Minister in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.[21]

On 15 November 2019, he was elected as the President of UNESCO's Education Commission.

Writings

He has written numerous articles as well government reports, including Devolving the State: A Model for Empowering the People in 2000.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b "Detail Information". 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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