Shandana Gulzar Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

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since February 2024. She previously served as a member from August 2018 till July 2022. She became first ever female candidate from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa elected on general seat of National Assembly of Pakistan in February 2024.

Education

Khan holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the

University of Peshawar The University of Peshawar (; ; ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university is one of the oldest universities in the provi ...

. She received the Lady Noon scholarship from the

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and studied International Trade and International Economic Laws at the postgraduate level in 2001.

Professional career

Khan has worked with the

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, the International Human Rights Law Group and in the lower courts and High Court of the then North West Frontier Province. She also worked as the Legal Affairs Officer at the Mission and in consultation with senior officers, dealing with the Dispute Settlement Understanding and TRIPS.

Political career

Khan was elected to the

as a candidate of

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(PTI) on a reserved seat for women from

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

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 ...

. On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister

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appointed her as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for commerce. She was elected as the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians, a network of women members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's parliament and legislatures, for a three-year term in 2019. The election was held at the sixth triennial conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians during the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Kampala, Uganda. She is a member of three Standing Committees of the National Assembly including the Standing Committee on Privatization; Planning, Development and Reform; and Industries and Production. She is also a member of the National Assembly's Special Committee on Agricultural Products.

Resignation

On April 10, 2022, because of the Prime Minister Imran Khan (Leader of the House) losing his majority in the National Assembly, through a vote of no-confidence - first such successful vote, she resigned from the

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on the orders of

. The new government did not accept the resignations of many members for fear of deteriorating the number of members. However, accepting the resignations of eleven members on July 28, 2022, one of them was Shandana Gulzar Khan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Shandana Gulzar Living people Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs Politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 University of Peshawar alumni 1975 births

Education

Professional career

Political career

Resignation

See also

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