Abdul Shakoor Shad


Abdul Shakoor Shad is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Early life and education

He was born in Karachi.
He received a master's degree in international relations from the University of Karachi.

Political career

He began his political career during Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's martial law in 1977 while he was studying at the University of Karachi. His house was raided by the law enforcement agencies and his father was arrested after Shad held a rally in favor of Pakistan Peoples Party leadership in October 1978. In an interview, Shad said that he began his political career with the PPP in 1977. In 1989, Benazir Bhutto appointed him an inspector in the Federal Investigation Agency where he worked until 2002.
In 1981, he was appointed as the general secretary of the Peoples Students Federation in the University of Karachi. The same year, he was given the additional charge as the general secretary of the PPP Karachi.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in May 2018.
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-246 in 2018 Pakistani general election.