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After resigning from service Shafqat Mahmood joined Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as Political Secretary to Mohatarma Benazir Bhutto and also as in charge of the People's Party central secretariat from 1990 to 1993. In 1994 he was elected as Senator [[Senate of Pakistan|for a period of six years. |
After resigning from service Shafqat Mahmood joined Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as Political Secretary to Mohatarma Benazir Bhutto and also as in charge of the People's Party central secretariat from 1990 to 1993. In 1994 he was elected as Senator [[Senate of Pakistan|for a period of six years. During this period he served as Prime Ministers special envoy to a number of countries and represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (1994,95,96) and at the UN Commission for Human Rights in Geneva. Later, in 1996, he served as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Environment in caretaker government of Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid. while in the Senate, He was a member of the Senate Standing Committees on Cabinet, Establishment and Management Services, Defence, Defence Production, Aviation, Foreign Affairs, Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, and the Functional Committee on Govt Assurances. He was also a member of special parliamentary committee on Kashmir. In 1999 he joined the Punjab Cabinet as Minister for Information but resigned in 2000 and quit politics for 11 years. During this period he wrote a regular political column for THE NEWS and did political commentary on GEO television. In November 2011 he joined Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on and was appointed Information Secretary of the Party. In 2013 May election he contested from NA 126 LAHORE and was elected as a Member of the National Assembly. He is now a member of the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly. |
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Shafqat Mahmood (Template:Lang-ur) | |
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| Provincial Minister for Information, Culture, Environment and Transport (Punjab) | |
| In office November 1999 – October 2000 | |
| President | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Prime Minister | Pervez Musharraf |
| Federal Minister for Environment, Local Government and Food | |
| In office November 1996 – February 1997 | |
| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Malik Meraj Khalid |
| Joint Secretary, Prime Minister's Secretariat | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Additional Secretary Finance (Punjab) | |
| In office 1988–1989 | |
| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1950 Gujrat |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf |
| Residence | Islamabad |
| Alma mater | Sadiq Public School Government College Lahore Harvard University University of Southern California |
| Occupation | Former Civil Servant Politician columnist |
Shafqat Mahmood 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.[1]
EDUCATION
Shafqat Mahmood has three Masters degrees. The first in Psychology from Punjab University (Government College, Lahore) 1970. Later he did Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard University Cambridge, Mass, USA, in 1981 and got another Masters for passing the qualifying exam while working towards a (unfinished) Phd in Public Administration from the University of Southern California in 1987.
PUBLIC SERVICE
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.
POLITICS
After resigning from service Shafqat Mahmood joined Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as Political Secretary to Mohatarma Benazir Bhutto and also as in charge of the People's Party central secretariat from 1990 to 1993. In 1994 he was elected as Senator [[Senate of Pakistan|for a period of six years. During this period he served as Prime Ministers special envoy to a number of countries and represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (1994,95,96) and at the UN Commission for Human Rights in Geneva. Later, in 1996, he served as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Environment in caretaker government of Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid. while in the Senate, He was a member of the Senate Standing Committees on Cabinet, Establishment and Management Services, Defence, Defence Production, Aviation, Foreign Affairs, Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, and the Functional Committee on Govt Assurances. He was also a member of special parliamentary committee on Kashmir. In 1999 he joined the Punjab Cabinet as Minister for Information but resigned in 2000 and quit politics for 11 years. During this period he wrote a regular political column for THE NEWS and did political commentary on GEO television. In November 2011 he joined Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on and was appointed Information Secretary of the Party. In 2013 May election he contested from NA 126 LAHORE and was elected as a Member of the National Assembly. He is now a member of the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly.
See also
Articles
- A strange tale The News International, 18 November 2011
- No chance of military rule, The News International, 25 November 2011
- A grim confrontation, The News International, 2 December 2011
- A question of leadership, The News International, 2 February 2012
- A sordid tale, The News International, 15 March 2012