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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abid Sher Ali
| honorific-suffix =
|office = [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Power]]
| term_start = 4 August 2017
|term_end = 31 May 2018
|primeminister = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Water and Power (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Water and Power]]
| term_start1 = July 2013
| constituency = [[Constituency NA-84|NA-84 (Faisalabad-X)]]
| term_end1 = 28 July 2017
| minister1 = [[Khawaja Muhammad Asif]] (Federal Minister)
|primeminister1 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
|president1 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|office2 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start2 = 18 November 2002
|term_end2 = 31 May 2018
|constituency2 = [[Constituency NA-84|NA-84 (Faisalabad-X)]]
|nationality = Pakistani
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|21|df=y}}
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|relations= [[Kulsoom Nawaz]] (aunt)
}}

'''Abid Sher Ali'''
(born 21 November 1971) is a [[Pakistani]] [[politician]] who served as [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Power]], in the [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously, he served as the [[Ministry of Water and Power (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Water and Power]] from 2013 to 2017. He had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from 2002 to May 2018.

==Personal life==
He was born on 21 November 1971.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=84|website=www.pildat.org|publisher=PILDAT|accessdate=26 April 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421153212/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=84|archivedate=21 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=If elections are held on time…|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/404658|accessdate=4 December 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref> He is the son of former mayor of Faisalabad and senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Sher Ali<ref>{{cite news|title=Why PML-N lost PP-72|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1050051|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=16 October 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304035818/https://www.dawn.com/news/1050051|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref> who is a relative of [[Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif]].<ref name="dawn/27oct2015">{{cite news|title=Sher Ali, son meet Shahbaz|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1215660|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 October 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304040147/https://www.dawn.com/news/1215660|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref> Ali is nephew of [[Nawaz Sharif]].<ref name="tribune/26july2013" /><ref name="tribune/16may2013" /> He went to [[Divisional Public School and College|Divisional Public School]] for his early studies.

==Political career==
Ali was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-84|Constituency NA-84 (Faisalabad-X)]] in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Newcomers in Faisalabad|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/61517|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=13 October 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202214/https://www.dawn.com/news/61517|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N faces split in Faisalabad|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/56829|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 September 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202021/https://www.dawn.com/news/56829|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="thenews/26june2010">{{cite news|title=Abid Sher in a scramble to sell his plots|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/244943-abid-sher-in-a-scramble-to-sell-his-plots|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|date=26 June 2010|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201905/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/244943-abid-sher-in-a-scramble-to-sell-his-plots|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-84 (Faisalabad-X) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=LHC accepts plea against Abid Sher Ali|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/936586|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=30 December 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202111/https://www.dawn.com/news/936586|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="thenews/26june2010" />

Ali was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-84 (Faisalabad-X) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Parliamentary board session: PML-N begins screening out poll aspirants – The Express Tribune|url=http://development.tribune.com.pk/story/533516/parliamentary-board-session-pml-n-begins-screening-out-poll-aspirants/|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=10 April 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113924/http://development.tribune.com.pk/story/533516/parliamentary-board-session-pml-n-begins-screening-out-poll-aspirants/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="tribune/26july2013" /><ref name="tribune/22july2013">{{cite news|title=PML-N's Abid Sher Ali appointed as new state minister for power – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/580476/pml-ns-abid-sher-ali-appointed-as-new-state-minister-for-power/|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=22 July 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304040951/https://tribune.com.pk/story/580476/pml-ns-abid-sher-ali-appointed-as-new-state-minister-for-power/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="tribune/16may2013">{{cite news|title=Trend continues: Family names once again dominate polls – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/549985/trend-continues-family-names-once-again-dominate-polls/|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=16 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041017/https://tribune.com.pk/story/549985/trend-continues-family-names-once-again-dominate-polls/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref>

In July 2013, Ali was appointed as the Minister of State for Water and Power.<ref name="tribune/26july2013">{{cite news|title=PML-N's Abid Sher Ali takes oath as Minister of State – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/582317/pml-ns-abid-sher-ali-takes-oath-as-minister-of-state/|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=26 July 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041029/https://tribune.com.pk/story/582317/pml-ns-abid-sher-ali-takes-oath-as-minister-of-state/|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="tribune/22july2013" /> He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers case]] decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|archivedate=28 July 2017}}</ref> Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of [[Abbasi ministry|Abbasi]].<ref name="app/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archivedate=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="pakistantoday/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=PM Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-member cabinet takes oath today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He was appointed as the [[Ministry of Energy (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Power]], a division under then-newly created Ministry of Energy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Portfolios of Federal Ministers, Ministers of State announced|url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/05-Aug-2017/portfolios-of-federal-ministers-ministers-of-state-announced|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=Radio Pakistan|date=5 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181242/http://www.radio.gov.pk/05-Aug-2017/portfolios-of-federal-ministers-ministers-of-state-announced|archivedate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Portfolios of federal, state ministers|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805133715/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/221526-Portfolios-of-federal-state-ministers|archivedate=5 August 2017}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Ali ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Power.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |accessdate=1 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archivedate=1 June 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Gillani Cabinet}}
{{Sharif III Cabinet}}
{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

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