Sumera Shams Explained

Dr Sumera Shams
Honorific-Suffix:	MPA
Birth Date:	^[1]
Office:	Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term Start:	13 August 2018
Term End:	18 January 2023
Nationality:	Pakistani
Occupation:	Doctor
Party:	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

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

Early life

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

Political career

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]

External links

• Sumaira Shams | KP Assembly

Notes and References

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