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Shazia Abid

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Shazia Abid
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Assumed office
10 February 2024
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPPP (2008-present)

Shazia Abid is a Pakistani politician who is an in incumbent member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 10 February 2024. Previously she had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.

Political career

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In 2018 Pakistani general election, she ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-193 (Rajanpur-I) but was unsuccessful. She received 27,170 votes and lost the seat to Jaffar Khan Leghari.[1][2] Following the election, she was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women.[3]

In the 2024 Pakistani general election, she secured a seat again in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab through a reserved quota for women as a candidate of Pakistan People's Party (PPP).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "PTI clean sweeps election 2018 in Rajanpur". Brecorder. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Sardar Muhammad Jaffar khan Leghari wins NA-193 election". 26 July 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 August 2018). "ECP notifies candidates for PA reserved seats". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ^ "ECP notifies female MPAs on Punjab Assembly reserved seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.