Syed Nasir Ali Shah

Who is Syed Nasir Ali Shah?

Syed Nasir Ali Shah is a Pakistani politician and parliamentarian from the Balochistan National Party who is an elected member of the National Assembly. Shah hails from the city of Quetta in Balochistan and belongs to the Shi'a Hazara community.

On 6 October 2011, he staged a walkout and strike outside the Pakistani parliament in Islamabad while boycotting a session to protest the PPP-led government's apparent inability in curbing continuous sectarian attacks on Hazara people in Balochistan. Later, he was also joined in solidarity by members of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League. He held talks with Rehman Malik in which he demanded a solid plan to end sectarian killings in Quetta and also called for a complete dissolution of the Government of Balochistan which, according to him, had completely failed to maintain law and order in the province.

His father Haji Syed Hussain Hazara was also a politician and leader.