Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah

Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah
سید خورشید احمد شاہ
Leader of the Opposition
In office 7 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
President	Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	Nisar Ali Khan
Succeeded by	Shehbaz Sharif
Federal Minister For Water Resources
In office 18 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs
In office December 2010 – 2013
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Preceded by	Hamid Saeed Kazmi
Succeeded by	Sardar Muhammad Yousuf
Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower
In office 31 March 2008 – May 2011
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Federal Minister for Education
In office 1993–1996
President	Farooq Leghari
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
Succeeded by
Parliamentary positions Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 Constituency NA-206 (Sukkur-I) In office 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2018 Constituency NA-199 (Sukkur-II) In office 18 November 2002 – 18 November 2007 Constituency NA-198 (Sukkur-I) In office 3 November 1990 – 12 October 1999 Constituency Sukkur
Personal details
Born	(1952-04-20) 20 April 1952 (age 72)[1][2] Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party (1990-present)
Children	Syed Farukh Ahmed Shah (son)[3]
Education	MA, LLB
Alma mater	Government Islamia Science College Sukkur
Profession	Lawyer

Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah (Urdu, Saraiki: سید خورشید احمد شاہ; born 13 November 1954 is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was member of the National Assembly between 1990 and May 2018.

He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Shah was born in Sukkur and was educated at the Government Islamia Science College Sukkur.

He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Shah was born in Sukkur and was educated at the Government Islamia Science College Sukkur.

Shah began his political career as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1988 and had been a member of the provincial cabinet, in various positions. He has been inducted into the federal cabinet thrice between 1993 and 2013. From 2012 to 2013, he also served as the parliament.

On 18 September 2019 ,The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested senior PPP leader Syed Khursheed Shah in a case regarding his alleged assets beyond means.^[4] On 21 October 2021, Supreme Court released him on bail.