Shah Mehmood Qureshi
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi MNA |
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| Foreign Minister of Pakistan | |
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In office 31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011 |
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| President |
Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri |
| Succeeded by | Hina Rabbani Khar |
| Minister of Finance of Punjab | |
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In office 1990–1993 |
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| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Governor |
Mian Muhammad Azhar Chaudhry Altaf Hussain |
| Minister of Planning and Development of Punjab | |
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In office 1988–1990 |
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| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Governor | General Tikka Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 June 1956 Murree, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party |
 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2011–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
 Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988–1990) Pakistan Peoples Party (1990–2011) |
| Parents | Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (father) |
| Alma mater |
Aitchison College Forman Christian College University of Cambridge University of the Punjab |
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: مخدوم شاہ محمود حسین قریشی; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who serves as vice-chair of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2002. Previously, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.
Born in Murree, Punjab, Qureshi studied at Aitchison College and later received his B.A. from Forman Christian College and M.A. from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He remained a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for nine years from 1985 to 1993 and had served as a member of the provincial cabinet, in various positions between 1988 and 1993. He served as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs from 1993 to 1996 and later as the Mayor of Multan from 2000 to 2002. During the Gillani ministry, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan in the federal cabinet.
Qureshi was born on June 22, 1956 in Murree, Punjab to a wealth, landholding, religious, politically active and prominent Sufi Muslim family. His family claims to be of saintly lineage and caretaker of the Multan's main shrines which provides the family with substantial income as well votes during the elections. However, in 2014, he rejected the claims saying "I have never used religion for political gain. I have never dragged devotees of sufi saints in political matters, and those who vote for me do it of their free will." after his brother accused Qureshi was using the names of Sufi saints for political gains and Qureshi using donations for the PTI.
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