Shama Khalid | |
Party: | Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) |
Education: | MBBS |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Birth Place: | Astore, Pakistan |
Termstart2: | 23 March 2010 |
Office2: | 2nd Governor of Gilgit Baltistan |
Termend2: | 15 September 2010 |
Death Date: | 16 September 2010 |
Resting Place Coordinates: | Astore |
Alma Mater: | Khyber Medical University |
Profession: | Doctor, politician |
Predecessor2: | Qamar Zaman Kaira |
Successor2: | Wazir Baig |
Honorific Prefix: | Doctor |
Shama Khalid was a Pakistani politician from Gilgit-Baltistan who served as the 2nd Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan.[1]
Dr Shama belonged to Astore Valley and her father Wazir Ashraf Khan was a law graduate from the famous Aligarh University. She excelled in education and completed her MBBS from Peshawar in 1968. It is said that she was the first woman from Gilgit-Baltistan region to become a doctor.
After her marriage, Dr Shama settled in Abbottabad where she started her practice. She worked in the population ministry for 20 years. During that period she carried out social work in her area and regularly visited Gilgit-Baltistan to organise medical camps there. She also worked for social organisations, including "Save the Children".
On 16 September 2010 she died of cancer.[2]