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Sumera Shams

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Dr Sumera Shams
MPA
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023
Personal details
BornAugust 19, 1991 (1991-08-19) (age 33)[1]
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
OccupationDoctor

Sumera Shams is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life

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Her younger sister Noreena Shams has represented Pakistan in International squash event.[1]

Political career

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Shams was elected as the member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Lower Dir District in the provincial election held in July 2018.[2]

She is the youngest person to be elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly. She was also one of the first women to cast a vote in Lower Dir.[3][4]

Previously she served as a district councillor in Lower Dir in 2015.[5]

Shams was named a 2022 Politician of the Year by One Young World, receiving her award in Manchester, England in September 2022 alongside four other young politicians from around the world.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sumaira Shams | KP Assembly". pakp.gov.pk.
  2. ^ Dagia, Niha (2 August 2018). "Lower Dir's Sumera Shams set to become youngest legislator". The Express Tribune.
  3. ^ "PTI MPA elect Dr Sumera Shams makes history in the politics of Pakistan". timesofislamabad.com. 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ "First woman to vote in Lower Dir now becomes youngest ever to land in KPK Assembly". thenews.com.pk. 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ Ahmad Shah, Waseem (31 July 2018). "Tehreek-i-Insaf to get seven NA women reserved seats from KP". Dawn.
  6. ^ "PTI's MPA bags young politician award". The Express Tribune. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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