Syed Abid Hussain Shah | |
|---|---|
سید عابد حسین شاہ | |
| Provincial Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 15 October 1955 – 18 May 1956 | |
| Governor | Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Sattar Pirzada |
| Central Minister of Education | |
| In office 18 December 1954 – 14 October 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Ali Talpur |
| Succeeded by | A. K. Fazlul Haq |
| Central Minister of Food | |
| In office 18 December 1954 – 11 August 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Ghayasuddin Pathan |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Latif Biswas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 Jhang, Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 1971 (aged 55–56) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Party | RP (1956–1958) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Relations | Syed Fakhar Imam (son-in-law) |
| Occupation | Landowner |
Syed Abid Hussain Shah (Urdu: سید عابد حسین شاہ, 1915–1971) was a Pakistani politician and landowner from Punjab.
Early life
[edit]Shah was born in 1915 in Jhang, Punjab Province, British India.[1] His father was Syed Raja Shah, who was from Shia Syed family of Shah Jeewna group, a Baradari.[2] He received education at Aitchison College, Government College and Forman Christian College in Lahore, though he did not obtain a degree. During this period he was associated with the All India Muslim Students Federation.[1]
He began his political career in 1936 and, the following year, was elected Chairman of Jhang District Board.[3] He later became a landlord, owning an estate with a farmhouse in Jhang District. Shah also joined the British Indian Army where he attained the rank of Colonel. In the 1945 Indian general election, he contested and was elected as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly.[1]
Career
[edit]After the independence of Pakistan, he was elected as a member of Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the 1951 Punjab provincial election.[1] In 1954, he became Pakistan's Food Minister.[3] He was subsequently elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly from Punjab in the 1955 Pakistani Constituent Assembly election.[1] In the same year, he briefly served as Minister for Education and Kashmir Affairs.[4]
He later he became a provincial minister in West Pakistan. He contested the 1956 West Pakistan Interim Assembly election but was unsuccessful.[5] After leaving the Pakistan Muslim League, Shah joined the Pakistan Republican Party and served as its General-Secretary.[3]
In 1959, during the presidency of Ayub Khan, the Elected Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO) was issued for him, which barred him from contesting elections until 1969.[3] In the 1970 Pakistani general election, he contested as an independent candidate from Jhang, but lost to Mehr Ghulam Haider Bharwana of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan.[6]
Personal life and death
[edit]Pakistani politician Abida Hussain was Shah's daughter[7] and politician Syed Fakhar Imam was his son-in-law. Shah was leader of Shah Jeewna group since 1947 till death. He also became Sajjada Nashin of the Shah Jeewna shrine.[2] He died in 1971 from cancer.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Sohail, Amber (2012). Positive Economic Analysis of the Constitutions - Case of Formation of the First Constitution of Pakistan (PDF) (Thesis). Marburg: University of Marburg. p. 107.
- ^ a b Ali, Sajid; Husnain, Muhammad (2022). "The Role of Sajjada Nashins in the Shrine Politics of Jhang 1947-71" (PDF). Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan. 59 (2). Lahore: University of the Punjab.
- ^ a b c d Kamran, Tahir (2009). "Contextualizing Secretarian Militancy In Pakistan: A Case Study Of Jhang". Journal of Islamic Studies. 20 (1). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/jis/etn057.
- ^ "CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (4)" (PDF). Cabinet Division of Pakistan.
- ^ "পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান ব্যবস্থা পরিষদের নির্ব্বাচন সমাপ্ত". The Azad (in Bengali). 20 January 1956. p. 1.
- ^ a b "Old rivals, new faces in Jhang political circus". Dawn. 27 September 2007.
- ^ Shah, Sabir (3 November 2018). "Pakistani political leaders who were assassinated". The News International.