Shazia Sobia Explained

Shazia Sobia
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Term Start:13 August 2018
Term End:10 August 2023
Constituency:Reserved seat for women
Term Start1:6 November 2015
Term End1:31 May 2018
Constituency1:Reserved seat for women
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Pakistan Peoples Party

Shazia Sobia is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously she was member of the National Assembly from November 2015 to May 2018.

Political career

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on a reserved seat for women from Sindh in 2015 following the resignation of Alizeh Iqbal Haider.[1] [2]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP on a seat reserved for women from Sindh in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Alizeh Iqbal Haider replaced by Dr Shazia as member National Assembly – The Express Tribune. 7 March 2017. The Express Tribune. 18 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044039/https://tribune.com.pk/story/940234/alizeh-iqbal-haider-replaced-by-dr-shazia-as-member-national-assembly/. 8 March 2017.
  2. News: Reserved seat falls : PPP MNA Alizeh resigns from seat – The Express Tribune. 7 March 2017. The Express Tribune. 19 August 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308053431/https://tribune.com.pk/story/940626/reserved-seat-falls-ppp-mna-alizeh-resigns-from-seat/. 8 March 2017.
  3. News: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities . 12 August 2018 . DAWN.COM . 12 August 2018.