Mufti Abdul Shakoor

Mufti Abdul Shakoor (1 January 1968 – 15 April 2023) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony from 2022 to 2023. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2018 to 2023.

Mufti
Abdul Shakoor
Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
In office
19 April 2022 – 15 April 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterShahbaz Sharif
Preceded byNoor-ul-Haq Qadri
Succeeded byMuhammad Talha Mahmood
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 15 April 2023
Preceded byQaiser Jamal
ConstituencyNA-51 (Tribal Area-XII)
Personal details
Born(1968-01-01)1 January 1968
Lakki Marwat
Died15 April 2023(2023-04-15) (aged 55)
Islamabad, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Political partyMuttahida Majlis-e-Amal
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (2023; posthumously)[1]

Political career

Shakoor was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from constituency NA-51 (Tribal Area-XII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 21,896 votes and defeated Qaiser Jamal.[3]

Death

Shakoor died in a traffic accident in Islamabad on 15 April 2023.[4] According to police, Shakoor was driving when another vehicle smashed into the driver's side of his vehicle. He was rushed to Polyclinic Hospital where he died due to severe internal bleeding. The five people in the other vehicle were arrested.[5]

Awards and honours

See also

References
  1. "PM decides to award Hilal-i-Imtiaz to Maulana Abdul Shakoor". 17 April 2023.
  2. "Party-wise breakdown of NA seats as unofficial final results pour in". Geo. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. "NA-51 Result - Election Results 2018 - Frontier Region Tribal Area 12 - NA-51 Candidates - NA-51 Constituency Details - thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "Religious affairs minister and JUI-F MNA Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in Islamabad road accident". 15 April 2023.
  5. "Federal minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in road accident: Islamabad police". Geo News. Retrieved 15 April 2023.


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