Shah Mehmood Qureshi - Age, Political Party, Family and Net worth

Shah Mehmood Qureshi is one of the senior leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and currently the vice chairman of the party.

Born in 1956, Qureshi hails from a wealthy and influential feudal family based in Multan. He received his educationat Lahore’s Aitchison College, followed by an undergraduate degree from the Forman Christian College after which he went to the United Kingdom to study for a law degree from the University of Cambridge.

Qureshi started off in politics in 1985 and associated himself with the Pakistan Muslim League (allying with Nawaz Sharif), before he joined Pakistan Peoples Party — only to leave it for PTI. He has held powerful positions in the parties he has been associated with.

Qureshi was elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1985, 1988, and 1990 and also served as Punjab’s Finance Minister at one point. He switched over to PPP and was elected to the National Assembly in the 1993 election, serving as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs during Benazir Bhutto’s government. He lost the election in 1997 (to former PML-N-current-PTI Javed Hashmi) but bounced back in 2002 as an MNA.

From 2000 to 2002, Qureshi served as Multan’s district nazim. He however resigned from the office to contest for the National Assembly on a PPP ticket (2002-2007).

During the PPP government from 2008 to 2013, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan in the federal cabinet.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi – Age, Political Party, Family and Net worth

Complete Name	Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Age	62 years
Born	June 22, 1956, Murree
Nationality	Pakistani
Political Paty	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse	Mehriene Qureshi
Parents	Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
Education	University of Cambridge (1983), Aitchison College, MORE
Siblings Net worth	Makhdoom Murid Hussain Qureshi ₨283.6 million (US$2.7 million)