Peerzada Mian Shahzad Maqbool Bhutta

Peerzada Mian Shahzad Maqbool Bhutta (born 10 November 1982) is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education[]

He was born on 10 November 1982 in Multan.^[1]

He completed his Matriculation from Jamshoro (Sindh).^[1]

Political career[]

He contested elections from PP-198 (Multan V) on the ticket of PML(N) in 2008 but lost the election to Malik Aamir Dogar of PPP.He received 15,233 while his opponent Malik Aamir Dogar of PPP received 26,762 and won.

He again contested elections form PP-198 (Multan V) in 2013 as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He won the seat after a recount and was elected as an MPA. He received 32,006 votes while his opponent Waseem Khan Badozai of PTI received 30,963 votes

In 2018 he again contested election from PP-212/Old PP-198 as a candidate of PML(N) but had to face a shameful defeat. He stood in 3rd position, even behind the PPP candidate. He received 19,931 votes and PPP candidate Nazim Hussain got 21,874 votes, while the winner Malik Saleem Akhtar of PTI received 26,102 votes and won.

After his defeat in the 2018 elections he left Pakistan Muslim League and joined PTI after meeting with Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Multan.

Corruption scandals[]

He faced countless corruption inquiries during and after his time as MPA. He was accused of embezzling govt funds worth 12 crore during his time as MPA by NAB Multan. He was also accused of illegally occupying govt agricultural land. In 2014, during the floods he was accused of stealing govt provided aid such as food, medicine and other supplies in his constituency. People of his constituency protested against him after this act.

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