Nouraiz Shakoor

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rdf:langString Chaudhary Nouraiz Shakoor Khan (Urdu, Punjabi: نوریز شکور) (born October 19, 1950) is a Pakistani politician from Sahiwal who has been a member of the Pakistan National Assembly three times in 1988, 1993 and 2002 elections respectively. Shakoor was a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and then Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf PTI. Presently he is CEC Member of PTI.He has served in various Ministerial positions, including Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Minister for Science and Technology, Minister for Communications, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary for Communications. He has also served as a Member of the National Assembly Standing Committees on Kashmir Affairs, Finance, Planning and Production. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2011. From 1993 to 1996, he was Parliamentary Secretary for Communications. Later he became . From 2002 to 2004, he was the . From 2004 to 2007 he was the Federal Minister for Science and Technology. As a representative of the government of Pakistan, Khan has made a number of official tours across Europe, Asia and the United States. He is the incumbent president of the Pakistan Cycling Federation.