Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh

Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh (Urdu: میاں محمد عتیق شیخ) is a Pakistani politician and a member of Senate of Pakistan, affiliated with the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement.[1] He was born in Dubai and raised in Islamabad.

Senator
Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Assumed office
March 2015
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyMuttahida Qaumi Movement

He is a businessman by profession and is the founder and chief executive of the Shalimar Group of Companies.[2]

Political career

Shaikh began his political career by joining the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in 2012.[3][2]

He became a member of the central executive committee of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement before becoming a member of the coordination committee in 2013.[2]

In 2014, he became the first president of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement chapter in Punjab.[2]

In 2015, he was selected by the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement to run for the seat of Senate of Pakistan in 2015 Pakistani Senate election[4] from Sindh.[5] Some members of the MQM questioned the decision of Altaf Hussain to give the ticket to Shaikh to run in the Senate election from Sindh despite the fact that he hails from Punjab.[2]

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan for the first time in 2015 Pakistani Senate election as a candidate of Muttahidda Qaumi Movement.[6][7][8][9] In March 2021, his tenure as a member of the Senate ended.

References
  1. "List of current Senators". Senate of Pakistan. Senate of Pakistan. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Azfar-ul-Ashfaque, Hasan Mansoor (6 March 2015). "Profiles of PPP, Muttahida Candidates". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. "Who's who of Sindh's senators". www.thenews.com.pk. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. "Malik charms MQM for PPP's victory in Senate". Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. Khan, Iftikhar A. (17 February 2015). "182 candidates in the run for 52 Senate seats". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. Ghori, Habib Khan (6 March 2015). "Sindh senate election marred by horse-trading". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. "Five PPP, two MQM candidates elected as senators". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. "PPP, MQM sweep Sindh Senate polls". The Nation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  9. "Senate Election: Unofficial Results". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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