Chief Minister Punjab Pervaiz Elahi has appointed British Pakistani Makhdoom Syed Tariq Mahmood-ul-Hassan as vice chairperson of the Punjab Overseas Commission.
In a notification issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, Mahmood-ul-Hassan has been notified as vice chairperson of the Punjab Overseas Commission under Section 3(2) of the Punjab Overseas Pakistani Commission Act, 2021. The notification says that Mahmood-ul-Hassan has been appointed with immediate effect.
The notification from Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi’s office said that Shaheen Khalid Butt, who served as the vice chairperson until now, has been denotified from his position.
Mahmood-ul-Hassan is an acclaimed author, philanthropist and legal expert. He holds a Master in Laws along with a Business degree from Northampton University, United Kingdom.
He is the UK president of the World Congress of Overseas Pakistanis (WCOP). He has previously served in the same position under Usman Buzdar. He was later promoted to become former PM Imran Khan’s adviser on overseas Pakistan and then the govt of PTI was ousted from the centre in a no-confidence vote.
Mahmood-ul-Hassan is the winner of the Brian Tracy Award of Excellence in 2019 and ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ in 2020. He’s also the founding Chairman of Ali Zamam Trust UK & Pakistan, a charity set up in memory of his two children, who passed away in a road accident and dedicated to uplift the underprivileged and destitute children in Pakistan.