Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon)

Dr. Syed Muhammad Ali Shah (Urdu: سید محمد علی شاہ‎) (26 October 1946 – 4 February 2013) was a Pakistani orthopaedic surgeon and member of the Pakistan Cricket Board governing board. He was the Provincial Sports Minister of Sindh. He was also the Chief de Mission for Pakistani athletes in the Commonwealth Games 2010.

Dr. Shah was born on October 26, 1946 in Bareilly, India and belonged to a Sunni family. His father, Syed Asghar Ali Shah, also served as a judge for many years. Dr. Shah died on February 4th, 2013 in Houston suffering from a heart attack and kidney failure during his chemotherapy. He went into a coma just before his death.

Shah was a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. In 2008 the general election, he was elected to the Sindh Assembly from PS-103 (North Nazimabad, Karachi). He became provincial Minister of Sports of the province of Sindh.

Shah was also known for his passion for cricket and ran Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium in North Nazimabad, Karachi. The stadium hosts Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah Night Twenty20 Cricket Tournament every year in the month of Ramadan.

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