Shehla raza biography

Shehla Raza

Pakistani politician

Syeda Shehla Raza Zaidi

In office
20 August &#;– 11 August
Chief MinisterMurad Ali Shah
In office
30 May &#;– 28 May
SpeakerAgha Siraj Durrani
Preceded byHerself
In office
7 April &#;– 19 March
SpeakerNisar Khuhro
Succeeded byHerself
In office
9 November &#;– 11 November
Preceded byIshratul Ibad
Succeeded bySaeeduzzaman Siddiqui
In office
13 August &#;– 11 August
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
29 May &#;– 28 May
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
5 April &#;– 20 March
ConstituencyReserved seat for women

Incumbent

Assumed office
March

Incumbent

Assumed office
March [2]
Born () 8 January (age&#;61)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political partyPPP (present)
SpouseGhulam Qadir
Children2 (both deceased)
OccupationPolitician

Syeda Shehla Raza Zaidi (Urdu: سیدہ شہلا رضا زیدی) (born 15 May in Karachi, Pakistan[3]) is a Pakistan People's Party politician and Member of National Assembly of Pakistan from the Sindh province.

In , she was unanimously elected deputy speaker in the Thirteenth Assembly of the Sindh Assembly,[4] and re-elected in for that position in the Fourteenth Assembly.[5][6]

Early education

Raza completed her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Karachi, receiving her Master's degree in Physiology in [7]

Political career

Her political career began while she was attending university.

Shehla raza biography In , she was unanimously elected deputy speaker in the Thirteenth Assembly of the Sindh Assembly , [4] and re-elected in for that position in the Fourteenth Assembly. Raza completed her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Karachi , receiving her Master's degree in Physiology in Her political career began while she was attending university. In , she joined the People's Students Federation , a student wing of the Pakistan People's Party , when political activities were banned. In , after the right-wing conservative alliance, the Islamic Democratic Alliance IDA , formed a government, she was arrested and incarcerated for almost a month for her political activities, based upon allegations of a double murder and possession of illegal arms.

In , she joined the People's Students Federation, a student wing of the Pakistan People's Party, when political activities were banned.[4] Her activism began during this period of military rule. Three years later, Raza was elected as the Joint Secretary of the People's Student Federation.

In , after the right-wing conservative alliance, the Islamic Democratic Alliance (IDA), formed a government, she was arrested and incarcerated for almost a month for her political activities, based upon allegations of a double murder and possession of illegal arms.[6][7] The charges were later dropped.[7]

Politically she was a protege of Benazir Bhutto, who picked her for the party's "reserved women's seat" in the Sindh Assembly for the elections.[7]

Personal life

In , she married Ghulam Qadir, a former politician and then a general manager for Shahzeb Pharmaceutical Company.[4] Her first child, a daughter, was born in ; in she had a son.

Both of them were killed in a traffic accident in [8][9]

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