Abid Sher Ali
Abid Sher Ali (born 21 November 1971) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Power, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously, he served as the 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"></ref> He is the son of former mayor of Faisalabad and senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Sher Ali who is a relative of Kalsoom Nawaz  Sharif.<ref name="dawn/27oct2015"></ref> Ali is nephew of Nawaz Sharif. He went to 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 (Faisalabad-X) in 2002 Pakistani general election.<ref name="thenews/26june2010"></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. 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  name="tribune/22july2013"></ref><ref name="tribune/16may2013"></ref> In July 2013, Ali was appointed as the Minister of State for Water and Power.<ref name="tribune/26july2013"></ref> 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 decision. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.<ref name="app/4aug2017"></ref><ref name="pakistantoday/4aug2017"></ref> He was appointed as the Minister of State for Power, a division under then-newly created Ministry of Energy. 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.