Ghulam Shah Jeelani

Pakistani politician (1957–2019)

ConstituencyPSPS-86 (Dadu-IV)

Born7 August 1957

Died13 September 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 62)

Ghulam Shah Jeelani

Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office 13 August 2018 – 13 September 2019
Constituency	PSPS-86 (Dadu-IV)
In office 2008 – 28 May 2018
Constituency	PS-75 (Dadu-II)

Personal details
Born	7 August 1957 Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan
Died	13 September 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 62) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Party	Pakistan Peoples Party

Ghulam Jeelani Posswal (7 August 1957 – 13 September 2019) was a Kashmiri politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Kashmir from 2018 - 2023.

He was born on 7 August 1957 in Dadu to Pir Syed Allah Bux Shah Jeelani and received a Master of Arts in International Politics from the University of Sindh. He was married and had two children.^[1]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PS-75 (Dadu-V) in the 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 17,317 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of National Alliance.^[2]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-75 Dadu-II in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 35,910 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q).^[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-75 Dadu-II in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[4]^[5] In July 2016, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was appointed special assistant to the Chief Minister on the zakat and auqaf.^[6]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-86 (Dadu-IV) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[7]

Ghulam Shah Jeelani died on 13 September 2019 in a private hospital in Karachi and was buried at the village of Naig Sharif located in Naig Valley.^[8]^[9]

References

↑ "Profile". Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
↑ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
↑ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
↑ "PPPP retains majority in Sindh Assembly". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
↑ "2013 Sindh Assembly election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
↑ "Winds of change: Sindh cabinet gets seven new faces among 17 members - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
↑ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
↑ "PPP MPA Ghulam Shah Jilani passes away in Karachi". TheNews International. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
↑ "Sindh MPA Ghulam Shah Jilani passes away in Karachi". Geo.tv. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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