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Ali Haider Zaidi
Syed Ali Haider Zaidi (Urdu: علی حیدر زیدی) (born 11 September 1952) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs from 11 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He also served as the President of PTI's Sindh chapter He remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to January 2023.[1] Political careerHe 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.[3] 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[4][2] 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.[5] On 25 December 2014, he was appointed as president of PTI's Karachi chapter.[4][2] 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.[6] He was elected to the National Assembly from the Constituency NA-244 (Karachi East-III) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 general elections.[7] On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan[8] and was appointed as Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs.[9][10] Ali Zaidi was appointed as PTI's Sindh Chapter president by Imran Khan on 25 December 2021.[11]
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