Shahzada Mohiuddin
Shahzada Mohiuddin (Urdu: شہزادہ محی الدین), grandson of Sir Shuja ul-Mulk, is a veteran Pakistani politician, a former Federal and Provincial Minister, and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. He has in the past remained Minister of State for Tourism and Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas His eldest son Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin is the current MNA of Chitral.
Shahzada Mohiuddin was born into the ruling family of Chitral on 5 August 1938. He is the grandson of Sir Shuja ul-Mulk, the Mehtar of Chitral. His family's reign extended from 1571 to 1969, when the princely state of Chitral was incorporated completely into Pakistan. During his time at University, he was the Captain of East and West Pakistan Combined Universities Football Team. He is the nephew of former Senator Burhanuddin and the father-in-law of Shahzada Masood Ul Mulk.
Shahzada Mohiuddin entered politics on the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) platform in 1972. He was elected Chairman District Council Chitral in 1983 and once again in 1987. Following the 1985 general elections he became a Member of the Parliament, and additionally served as Parliamentary Secretary for Communications till the dissolution of the Assembly. He lost his seat to Nusrat Bhutto in the 1988 general elections but won the National Assembly elections again in 1990. Leading up to the 1990 elections he was appointed Minister for Excise and Taxation in the interim provincial government of NWFP. Following it he was appointed Minister of State for Tourism (1990–1993) in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharifs cabinet. He was again elected as MNA in the general elections of 1997 and served as Chairman National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Government Assurances (1997–1999). Shahzada Mohiuddin was elected as District Nazim of Chitral in the local body elections of 2001. He became a Member of the Parliament for the fourth time in 2008 and was appointed Chairman National Assembly's Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan. In that capacity he was a proponent of peace and the idea that both countries should promote trade and other means of people-to-people contacts across the Line of Control to pave way for resolving the Kashmir issue.
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