Arshad Hussain Shah

Syed Arshad Hussain Shah is a Pakistani jurist who is currently serving as a Judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan since 14 November 2025. He is the former Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the 2023 Caretaker Government. Prior to his appointment to the FCCP, Shah served as the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry and Enforced Disappearances alias Missing Person Commission. He has also served as the Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan from 2019 to 2022.

He has also served as the Minister for Law, Auqaf, and Human Rights in the caretaker cabinet of Muhammad Azam Khan.

Judicial career He was appointed as the Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan on 8 May 2019. He served in this role until his retirement in May 2022.

Later career On 19 August 2023, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of the Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Azam Khan, and was assigned the portfolios of Law, Auqaf, and Human Rights. He served in this position until the Muhammad Azam Khan's death, after which the cabinet was dissolved.

A day later, on 12 November, he was nominated as the next Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His name was put forward by Akram Khan Durrani, the former Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and was agreed upon by Mahmood Khan, the former elected Chief Minister. He was soon approved by Governor Haji Ghulam Ali and was then administered oath.