Sharjeel Memon

Sharjeel Memon
Senior Minister of Sindh
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2024
GovernorKamran Tessori
Chief MinisterMurad Ali Shah
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Information, Transport, Mass Transit, Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2024
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Information, Transport and Mass Transit
In office
23 April 2022 – 11 August 2023
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Bodies, Archives, Works And Services
In office
July 2015 – December 2015
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Information and Archives
In office
May 2013 – July 2015
In office
June 2012 – March 2013
In office
March 2011 – November 2011
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 February 2024
ConstituencyPS-50 Hyderabad-IV
In office
13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
ConstituencyPS-63 Hyderabad-II
In office
29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
ConstituencyPS-50 (Hyderabad-VI)
In office
June 2008 – May 2013
ConstituencyPS-62 Tharparkar-III
Personal details
Born (1974-06-14) 14 June 1974 (age 51)
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
PartyPPP (2008-present)

Sharjeel Inam Memon (Sindhi: شرجیل انعام ميمڻ, born 14 June 1974) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh since 2008. Memon has been a senior minister and currently heads the ministries of transport and mass transit, excise, taxation, narcotics and control department.

Early life and education

He was born on 14 June 1974 in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan in a Sindhi Memon family. He has also been the chief of the organization "Sindh Memon Ittehad" since 2023.[1][2]

He earned the degree of Master of Arts in economics from the University of Sindh and a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Technology from the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology.[2]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate for Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for PS-62 Tharparkar III in a by-election held in June 2008.[3][4] In March 2011, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Sindh of chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and was made the minister for information and archives where he continued to serve until resigning in November 2011.[5][6] In June 2012, he rejoined the provincial cabinet and was re-appointed as the minister for information.[7]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate for PPP for PS-50 (Hyderabad-VI) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[8][9] He was inducted into the Provincial Sindh cabinet of chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and was again appointed as the minister for information and archives.[10] In a cabinet reshuffle in July 2015, he was made the minister for local bodies with the additional portfolio of archives and works and services.[11][12]

In December 2015, he was removed from the provincial cabinet while he was outside Pakistan.[13] In October 2017, he was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau on corruption charges.[14] In February 2018, he was indicted in the corruption case.[15] However, he was granted bail by the Sindh High Court on 25 June 2019. The two-member bench headed by Justice KK Agha and comprising Justice Omar Sial accepted Memon's plea. During the hearing, the investigation officer conceded that it has not been proven that Memon received kickbacks from the deal, but used his position of power in an unjust manner.[16]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-63 Hyderabad-II in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[17]

In 2021, he was named in the Pandora Papers, a financial leak which revealed the undisclosed offshore accounts of prominent people worldwide.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sharjeel becomes community chief". DAWN.COM. 30 December 2023. Sharjeel Inam Memon became chieftain of his community at a convention of the Sindh Memon Ittehad held at his residence on Friday evening.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". www.pas.gov.pk. Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "PML-N, PPP make gains". DAWN.COM. 28 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. ^ Shivani, Prem (19 June 2008). "PPP man elected unopposed: Thar by-election". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Information portfolio: Sharjeel Inam Memon takes charge - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Shazia Marri made Sindh's information minister". DAWN.COM. 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Sindh cabinet: Sharjeel Memon replaces Marri - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Owais Tappi, Sharjeel Memon win Sindh Assembly seats". DAWN.COM. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Hyderabad: Sharjeel Memon retains PS-50 seat". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Sindh cabinet gets nine more ministers". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Reshuffle bubble bursts with only switching of duties". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Sharjeel Memon, Nisar Khuhro's portfolios changed as Sindh cabinet reshuffles - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ Ali, Imtiaz (2 December 2015). "Sindh minister Sharjeel Memon removed". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  14. ^ Baloch, Shafi (23 October 2017). "Sharjeel Memon arrested by NAB after hours-long cat and mouse game". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  15. ^ Baloch, Shafi (15 February 2018). "Shajeel Memon, 11 others indicted in corruption case". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  16. ^ Baloch, Shafi (25 June 2019). "Sharjeel Memon granted bail in corruption case". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Shaukat Tarin, Moonis Elahi among over 700 Pakistanis named in ICIJ's Pandora Papers". DAWN.COM. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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