Kanwal Shauzab Explained

Kanwal Shauzab
Office:Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives
Primeminister:Imran Khan
Term Start:7 September 2018
Term End:10 April 2022
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start1:13 August 2018
Term End1:10 April 2022
Constituency1:Reserved seat for women
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Kanwal Shauzab (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|کنول شوزب) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2022.

Early life and education

She was born to a Pakistan Army officer and is from South Punjab Ahmadpur East.[1] She is currently fighting elections 2024 in NA 166 Ahmadpur East

She holds a master's degree from the National University of Modern Languages in English Literature and M.Phil from the Quaid-i-Azam University, which she completed in 2015.[2]

Political career

She joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1997.[1]

She also ran for Senate in 2018 on a PTI ticket but was unsuccessful.[1]

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3]

On 7 September 2018, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Development, and Reforms.[4]

In April 2022, she also resigned from the National Assembly seat along with all PTI members after the No-confidence motion against Imran Khan was successful.[5]

In February 2024, she contested general election as a PTI backed independent candidate from NA-166 but lost to Syed Sami ul Hassan Gillani of PMLN.

Allegations of abuse of power and torture

In September 2020, a citizen of Islamabad Sector F-11/2 petitioned the Islamabad Sessions Court to request registration of a criminal complaint against Shauzab. The petition alleged that Shauzab used Capital Development Authority to landscape and clean up an area around Shauzab's newly-purchased house; and that on 30 September 2020, she trespassed on private property to torture a 67-year-old neighbor.[6]

Additional Session Judge Syed Faizan Haider approved the petition on 19 January 2021, and ordered that the appropriate police FIR be registered against the PTI Member National Assembly (MNA) according to the law.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shah . Benazir . 2018-02-27 . Meet Kanwal Shauzab, the only woman running for the Senate's general seat . 2022-11-15 . Geo News.
  2. Web site: Ministry of Planning,Development & Reform. www.pc.gov.pk.
  3. News: 12 August 2018 . List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities . . 12 August 2018.
  4. News: Rehman . Shoaib ur . 8 September 2018 . PM appoints Parliamentary Secretaries for Law and Justice; Planning, Development and Reforms . . 13 September 2018.
  5. Web site: 2022-06-10 . PTI's female MNAs mount protest outside parliament . 2022-11-15 . . en.
  6. Web site: 2020-09-30 . PTI MNA in the midst of a scandal . 2022-11-15 . The Pakistan Daily . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2021-01-19 . Court approves plea to lodge case against PTI's Kanwal Shauzab for torturing citizen . 2022-11-15 . Dunya News.