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Sobia Shahid
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sobia Shahid (Urdu: ثوبیہ شاہد) is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from August 2018 to January 2023 and from May 2013 to May 2018.
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Education
She has a master's degree.[1]
Political career
Shahid was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3]
In 2015, Shahid was noted as the most active woman member in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.[4] In May 2016, she joined a resolution to establish a Women's Caucus in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[5]
Shahid was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[1]
On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended the membership of Shahid as a member of the National Assembly.[6] This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.[7]
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Personal life
Shahid is married and as of 2005, has three children.[8]
References
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