Sumera Shams is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...
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
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...
from
Lower Dir District in the
provincial election held in July 2018.
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.
Previously she served as a district councillor in Lower Dir in 2015.
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.
References
External links
Sumaira Shams , KP Assembly*
Living people
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Women members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1991 births
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