Roshan Khursheed Bharucha Explained

Honorific-Suffix:Senator
Office:Caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions
Term Start:5 May 2018
Term End:18 August 2018
President:Mamnoon Hussain
Office1:Caretaker Federal Minister for Railways and Postal Services
Term Start1:5 May 2018
Term End1:18 August 2018
President1:Mamnoon Hussain
Nationality: Pakistan
Birth Place:Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Children:3
Successor:Shireen Mazari (Minister of Human Rights)
Predecessor:Khawaja Saad Rafique
Successor2:Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad (Minister of Railways)
Office3:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start3:March 2003
Term End3:March 2009
Constituency3:Women seat from Balochistan
President3:Pervaiz Musharraf
Primeminister3:Shaukat Aziz
Office4:Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Women Development
Term Start4:Oct 2007
Term End4:April 2008
1Blankname4:Chief Minister
1Namedata4:Mohammad Saleh Bhutani
Term Start5:October 1999
Term End5:November 2002
1Blankname5:Chief Minister
1Namedata5:Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal

Roshan Khursheed Bharucha is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions, Railways and Postal Services in a caretaker capacity.

Education

Barucha's father migrated to Balochistan from Yazd, Iran while her mother is from Gujarat, India.[1]

She holds a master's degree in English from the University of Balochistan and a degree in Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Executives from PIMS Karachi which was awarded in 1993.[2]

Political career

She has served as Provincial Minister of Balochistan between 1999 and 2002.[3]

She has also served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2003 to March 2009.[4]

In 2007, she was made provincial minister of Balochistan for Social Welfare, Informal education, Human rights, Youth, Information, Population, Information Technology, Manpower training, Sports, Archives, and Culture in a caretaker capacity.[4]

In 2018, she was made Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions, Railways and Postal Services[5] in Mulk caretaker ministry. She is the only Parsi woman to hold federal ministries.

Personal life

She hails from Quetta and is a member of the Parsi community in Pakistan.[6] She is a mother of three children Kaiwan, Sharaine, and Thrity. As well as being a grandmother to Cyrus, Shanaya, Darian, Nadia, Aaron, & Ryan. [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parsi community in Quetta: 'Proud of our contributions for Pakistan' - BBC URDU. .
  2. News: Profiles of Caretaker Cabinet Ministers. Parvez. Jabri. 6 June 2018. Business Recorder.
  3. Web site: Profiles of six-members of caretaker federal cabinet - Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer –. pakobserver.net. 2018-08-01. 2018-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180801220958/https://pakobserver.net/profiles-of-six-members-of-caretaker-federal-cabinet/. dead.
  4. Web site: About SDPI. www.sdpi.org.
  5. Web site: Roshan Khursheed given additional portfolios of Railways, Postal Services. www.radio.gov.pk. 2018-09-15. 2019-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508181638/http://www.radio.gov.pk/07-06-2018/roshan-khursheed-given-additional-portfolios-of-railways-postal-services. dead.
  6. Web site: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART WAS - ePaper - DAWN.COM. epaper.dawn.com. 22 July 2016 .
  7. Web site: The untold story of Quetta's Parsi community. Muhammad Akbar. Notezai. 22 July 2016.