Zain Qureshi
Makhdoom Muhammad Zain Qureshi is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 to April 2022. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from July 2022 to January 2023.
Political career
Qureshi was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-157 (Multan-IV) as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the 2018 [Pakistani general election].On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Minister for Finance. He served till 10 April 2022, when he resigned from the assembly alongside other PTI members.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from PP-218 Multan-VI as a candidate of the PTI in the 2022 Punjab provincial by-election. He took oath on 18 July 2022.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-150 Multan-III as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the 2024 [Pakistani general election]. He received 126,775 votes and defeated Javed Akhtar, a candidate of Pakistan [Muslim League (N)].