Английская Википедия:Ali Haider Zaidi
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Syed Ali Haider Zaidi (Шаблон:Lang-ur) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs from 11 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He previously served as the President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Sindh chapter until he joined Jahangir Khan Tareen's Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) party.[1] He has been previously also remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to January 2023.[2]
Political career
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-116 (Karachi-XXVIII) in the 2002 general elections, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,941 votes and lost the seat to Nasrullah Khan, a candidate of the MMA.[4]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad) in the 2013 general elections[5][3] but was unsuccessful. He received 49,622 votes from NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and lost to Abdul Rashid Godil). He received 7,589 votes from NA-208 (Jacobabad) and lost the seat to Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani.[6]
On 25 December 2014, he was appointed as president of PTI's Karachi chapter.[5][3] In December 2015, he announced that he would resign as president of PTI's Karachi chapter in the aftermath of party's poor performance in local government elections.[7]
He was elected to the National Assembly from the Constituency NA-244 (Karachi East-III) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 general elections.[8]
On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan[9] and was appointed as Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs.[10][11]
In 2019, A renowned investigative journalist Rauf Klasra broke a story of Zaidi's corruption. Klasra shared documentary proofs in his tweet[12] regarding the kick bags Zaidi received from his friend named Atif Rais Khan, CEO & Chairman, LMKR.[13] Klasra claimed that Zaidi helped his friend in getting $84million Peshawar Metro contract and also the he was living at the residence provided by Rais.[14]
Ali Zaidi was appointed as PTI's Sindh Chapter president by Imran Khan on 25 December 2021.[15]
On 20th April 2023, A judicial magistrate in Karachi’s Malir District granted bail to Ali Zaidi in a PKR 180 Million fraud case after he reached an “out-of-court settlement” with the complainant.[16]
On 27 May 2023, he left the PTI due to the 2023 Pakistani protests.[17]
Controversy
In July 2017, Saleem Safi accused Zaidi of working against Saudi Arabia and in favor of Iranian lobby groups. Zaidi rejected the allegations and sent a legal notice to Saleem claiming Шаблон:PKRConvert in damages.[18]
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- ↑ https://lmkr.com/lmkr-partners-with-mastercard-to-build-pakistans-first-open-loop-transit-solution/
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