Foreign Minister of Pakistan

Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Father's Name: Makhdoom Muhammad Sajjad Hussain Qureshi      
Ex-Governor, Punjab , Pakistan .

Date of Birth: June 22, 1956

Academic Qualification:M. A. (CANTAB)

Educational Institutions Attended:

(i) AitchesonCollege , Lahore ( Pakistan )

(ii) F.C.College , Lahore ( Pakistan )

(iii) Cambridge University , U.K.

Marital status:Married with three children.

PARLIMENTARY POSITIONS

Elected as Member of Provincial Assembly, Punjab , Pakistan (1985 – 88).

Elected as Member of Provincial Assembly, Punjab , Pakistan (1988 – 90).

Elected as Member of Provincial Assembly, Punjab , Pakistan (1990 – 93).

Elected as Member of National Assembly of Pakistan (1993 – 96).

Elected as Member of National Assembly of Pakistan (2002-2007).

Elected as Member of National Assembly of Pakistan (2008).

Elected as Chairman, District Council, Multan , Punjab , Pakistan (1987– 91).

Elected as Zila Nazim of Multan District (2001).

POLITICAL POSITIONS HELD

Federal Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Pakistan (1994 – 96).

Federal Parliamentary Secretary of Food and Agriculture , Pakistan (1993 – 94)

Minister for Planning and Development, Punjab , Pakistan (1988 – 90).

Minister for Finance, Punjab , Pakistan (1990 – 93)

Chairman, Prime Minister's Task Force on Agriculture (1993).

Chairman, Institutional Reforms Group, Government of Pakistan (1994 – 96).

DeputySecretaryGeneral , Pakistan Peoples Party , Pakistan (1997).

Spokesman to the Chairperson, Pakistan Peoples Party, Mohtarma Benazir Bhuttoo (1996).

Member, Central Executive Committee , Pakistan Peoples Party (1997).

Chairman, Policy Planning Committee , Pakistan Peoples Party , Pakistan .

Chairman, Multan Development Authority(2001)

Chairman Market Committee, Multan (2001).

President PPP – Punjab (2006).

President Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Punjab .

HONORARY POSTS

Member of Senate, Baha-ud-DinZakariaUniversity , Multan , Pakistan .

Chairman, Farmers Associates Pakistan .

Member, Board of Governors of AitchisonCollege , Lahore , Pakistan .

Member, Board of Governors, Fatimid.

Life Patron, Al – Shifa Trust.

Co-Chairperson S.O.S. Children's Village, Multan .

DELEGATIONS / SEMINARS

Member Farmers delegation for USA (1987)

Several Government and Private Conference / Seminars, Workshops to Bangladesh , USA , France , Germany , Malaysia , Austria , Singapore and Sweden .

Salzburg Seminar (1992 and 1996)

South Asian Regional Conference for Energy and Environment in India (1996)

Conferences of the parties of the Framework convention on Climate Changes, Berlin , Germany (1995)

E.S.C.A.P. Conference Sustainable Development, Bangkok (1995).

WiltonParkConference , United Kingdom (Indo Pak Golden Jubilee) (1997).

Round Table Asian Leader Conference , California , USA (1996).

South Asia / European Union Cooperation Conference, Brussels , Belgium (1998).

Indo – Pak Dialogue at Lahore , Pakistan (March 1999).

South Asia Regional Cooperation Conference, Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA (March 1999)

Balusa Group Meeting, Muscat , Oman (March 1998)

USIS – Seminar Washington , D.C. – Enhancing Understanding of U.S. Foreign Policy (1998)

Member President's Entourage – Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Turkey .

Member Prime Minister's Entourage – Morocco , Spain .

Conference on resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue, Chennai , India (nov. 2000).

Attended Balusa Group Conference “The Reshaping of European Security Relation; 1980-2000 Confidence and Security Building Measures and Conventional Arms Control” held at  Wilton ParkUK (2001).  

SCHOLASTIC CONTRIBUTIONS

Prepared Report on Provincial Finances called Economy Resource Mobilization.

Prepared Report on Agriculture as Chairman of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Agriculture.

Prepared Report on Cotton as the Chairman of the National Agriculture Co-ordination Committee.

Prepared inputs / outputs for the Review Committee Report.

Report on Prices, The Cost of Production of Agriculture Commodities.

Prepared Report on Seminars – FAP's Vision About Sustainable Growth of the National Economy and its Linkage with the Rural and Agriculture Sector.

Prepared Reports on the performance of the Social Sectors in Punjab , Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan.