Zia Ullah Shah


Zia Ullah Shah is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 2024. Previously, he served as a member of the Punjab Assembly from 2008 to 2013.

Early life and education

He was born on 22 August 1973. He has a BA degree and did graduated from University of the Punjab in 1994.
He served as a chairman of Water and Sanitation Agency.

Political career

He served as Nazim of Rawalpindi District Council from 2001 to 2005 and again from 2005 to 2008 before getting elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PP-11 Rawalpindi-V in the 2008 Pakistani general election.
In the 2013 Pakistani general election, he contested for the Punjab Assembly seat as a candidate of PML-N from constituency PP-11 Rawalpindi-XI but was defeated by Raja Rashid Hafeez, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-16 Rawalpindi-X in the 2024 Pakistani general election.

Assets

In 2011, it was reported that according to the declarations of assets submitted by Shah, he possessed a house valued at Rs15 million, business and agriculture property worth Rs10.5 million, and his wife owned 50 tola gold. However, Shah stated that he did not own a car and had a "negligible" amount in the bank. Additionally, he disclosed that he had loans amounting to Rs6.5 million to repay to banks. DAWN remarked Shah's claims of not owning a car were difficult to believe.