Dr Sumera Shams MPA | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | August 19, 1991[1] | (age 32)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Occupation | Doctor |
Sumera Shams is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023.
Her younger sister Noreena Shams has represented Pakistan in International squash event. [1]
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]
Dr Sumera Shams MPA | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 18 January 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | August 19, 1991[1] | (age 32)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Occupation | Doctor |
Sumera Shams is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023.
Her younger sister Noreena Shams has represented Pakistan in International squash event. [1]
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]