Shafqat Mahmood
Shafqat Mahmood (Punjabi, Urdu: شفقت محمود; 19 February 1950) is a Pakistani bureaucrat-turned-politician who served as the Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage, from 20 August 2018 to 3 April 2022. Before going into politics, he served as a grade 20 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service.
Shafqat Mahmood | |
|---|---|
| شفقت محمود | |
| Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training | |
| In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Yusuf Shaikh (caretaker) |
| Minister for National History and Literary Heritage | |
| In office 20 August 2018 – 10 April 2022 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Syed Ali Zafar (caretaker) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-130 Lahore-VIII |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | NA-126 Lahore-IX |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1950 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | PTI (2011-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakistan People’s Party (1970-2007) |
| Relations | Zaka Ashraf (cousin) Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar (cousin) |
| Children | Tara Mahmood (daughter) |
| Alma mater | Sadiq Public School |
He was elected a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2013 and 2018. He has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1994 to March 2000. He served as Federal Minister for the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid from November 1996 to February 1997. He served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000 during the military rule of Pervez Musharraf. He is no longer Member of the National Assembly as he resigned from the National Assembly.