1. Shafqat Mahmood is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat-turned-politician who served as the Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage, from 20 August 2018 to 3 April 2022.
Shafqat Mahmood was elected a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2013 and 2018.
Shafqat Mahmood has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1994 to March 2000.
Shafqat Mahmood served as Federal Minister for the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid from November 1996 to February 1997.
Shafqat Mahmood served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000 during the military rule of Pervez Musharraf.
Shafqat Mahmood is no longer Member of the National Assembly as he resigned from the National Assembly.
Shafqat Mahmood completed his early education at Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur, and later studied in the Government College University, Lahore before completing his Masters in Psychology from University of the Punjab in 1970.
Shafqat Mahmood received a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1981.
Shafqat Mahmood obtained a Masters in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Southern California in 1987.
Shafqat Mahmood has cleared the Central Superior Service exams.
Shafqat Mahmood's daughter Tara Mahmood is an actress and singer.
Shafqat Mahmood started his career by joining the Pakistan Administrative Service cadre of the civil bureaucracy in 1973.
Shafqat Mahmood served as Assistant Commissioner of Murree and Pakpatan from 1975 to 1978.
Shafqat Mahmood was then made Deputy Secretary to the Government of the Punjab where he served till 1980.
Shafqat Mahmood served as Deputy Commissioner of Gujranwala and Dera Ghazi Khan for five years and as an Additional Commissioner of the Afghan Refugees Organization for a short time in 1985.
Shafqat Mahmood served as Additional Secretary of Finance of the Government of Punjab from 1988 to 1989.
Shafqat Mahmood left the civil service and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party in 1990 to begin his political career.
Shafqat Mahmood remained a member of the Senate until March 2000.
Shafqat Mahmood served as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock until 15 December 1996.
Shafqat Mahmood remained Minister for Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and Minister for Environment, Local Government and Rural Development until 17 February 1997.
Shafqat Mahmood became part of the military government setup following the 1999 Pakistani coup d'etat and served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information from 1999 to 2000.
Shafqat Mahmood joined PTI in November 2011 and served as information secretary of PTI from December 2011 to March 2013.
Shafqat Mahmood was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-126 as a candidate of PTI in the 2013 Pakistani general election.
Shafqat Mahmood received 97,933 votes and defeated Khawaja Ahmad Hassan, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League.
Shafqat Mahmood was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-130 in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
Shafqat Mahmood has written numerous articles as well government reports, including Devolving the State: A Model for Empowering the People in 2000.