[1] He served as the jute minister and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gazipur-4 constituency during 1991–1996.

[2][3] Shah was born in Ghagtia, Kapasia, Gazipur District in the-then British India.

His father, Fakir Abdul Mannan, was a minister in the Pakistan government during 1965–1968.

[4] He served as the standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

[8] He died at the age of 74 in Singapore while undergoing treatment for heart disease on 27 September 2016.