Shamim Mumtaz is a

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

politician who had been a Member of the

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, from August 2018 to August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born on 15 November 1957 in

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. She has done Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

She was elected to the

as a candidate of

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(PPP) on a reserved seat for women in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

. In July 2016, she was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister

Syed Murad Ali Shah Syed Murad Ali Shah (; born 8 November 1962) is a Pakistani politician and structural engineer who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan and a member of the Sindh Assembly. It is his third term as Chief mini ...

and was appointed Provincial Minister of Sindh for Social Welfare. In April 2017, she was denotified as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Social Welfare and was appointed Advisor to Chief Minister of Sindh on Social Welfare. She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in the

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 July 2018 to elect the members of the 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

References

Living people Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 1957 births Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) {{Sindh-MPA-stub