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Pakistani politician

ConstituencyReserved seat for women

PartyPTI-P (2023-present)

Other political
affiliations

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Nadia Sher

Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office 29 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
Constituency	Reserved seat for women

Personal details
Party	PTI-P (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2023)

Nadia Sher Khan (Urdu: نادیہ شیر خان) is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018.

She has received matriculation level education.^[1]

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a reserved seat for women in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[2]^[3] In September 2013, she was made Parliamentary Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly^[4] for Population Welfare.^[5]

In May 2016, Sher joined a resolution to establish a Women's Caucus in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[6]^[7]

She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election and quit the PTI on 24 May 2023 due to pressure of Army Chief Asim Munir.^[1]

On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[8] This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.^[9]

References

1 2 Shah, Waseem Ahmad (13 August 2018). "PTI secures 16 of 22 seats reserved for women MPAs". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
↑ Shah, Waseem Ahmad (29 May 2013). "With 11 reserved seats: PTI builds up strength in KP Assembly". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
↑ "PTI wins 10, JUI-F, PML-N 3 seats each in KP PA". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
↑ "Political inductions?: Parliamentary secretaries appointed to crush forward bloc - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
↑ Report, Bureau (19 June 2014). "ICU to have population studies centre". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018. {{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
↑ "Joint Resolution No. 778 adopted by the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" (PDF). www.pakp.gov.pk. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
↑ "KP Assembly - Establishment of the Women Caucus". www.pakp.gov.pk. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
↑ "Notification dated 13 May 2024" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
↑ Khan, Iftikhar A. (14 May 2024). "Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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