Syed Abdullah Ali Shah

Syed Abdullah Ali Shah (Urdu: سید عبد الله على شاه‎; 11 December 1934 – 14 April 2007) was former Chief Minister of Sindh of Sindh province of Pakistan. Abdullah Shah was the father of current serving Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

Syed Abdullah Ali Shah was born on Dec 11, 1934 in Wahur village in Dadu District of Sindh province. He was educated in Karachi and graduated as a Lawyer. He was married and had three daughters and two sons. Abdullah's son Syed Murad Ali Shah is the current Chief Minister of Sindh. Abdullah Shah joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1970 and was provincial minister during the tenure of former Chief Minister Mumtaz Bhutto. Syed Abdullah Ali Shah held the position of Speaker of Sindh Assembly from December 1988 to August 1990 and the Chief Minister of Sindh from October 21, 1993 to November 6, 1996. Abdullah Shah faced several charges of corruption during his tenure by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and left Pakistan. Syed Abdullah Ali Shah was given granted interim bail in NAB corruption cases on medical grounds and permitted to live Pakistan and he died of Cancer two weeks later in Karachi.

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