Suriya Bibi (born 4 January 1979) is a Pakistani politician from

Upper Chitral District Upper Chitral District (; ) is an administrative district in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kho people are the dominant ethnic group in the district, forming 99.84% of the total population. Chitral River flows across the lengt ...

. She is currently serving as Deputy Speaker of the

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since Feb 2024.

Career

She contested the 2024 general elections as a

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

/Independent candidate from

PK-1 Upper Chitral PK-1 Upper Chitral () is a constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.It covers area of Upper Chitral District. Election 2024 General elections are scheduled to be held on 8 February 2024. ...

. She secured 18,914 votes. The runner-up candidate was Shakeel Ahmad of

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan also known the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (; ; JUI (F)) is an Islamic fundamentalist political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is th ...

who secured 10,533 votes.

References

Living people Pashtun politicians Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPAs 2024–2029 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) People from Upper Chitral District Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politicians 1979 births {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-MPA-stub