Shehla Raza

Syeda Shehla Raza Alvi
Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly
In office
30 May 2013 – 28 May 2018
Governor
Preceded by Herself
In office
7 April 2008 – 19 March 2013
Governor Ishratul Ibad
Succeeded by Herself
Acting Governor of Sindh[1]
In office
9 November 2016 – 11 November 2016
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Ishratul Ibad
Succeeded by Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
Personal details
Born (1964-05-15) 15 May 1964
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political party PPP
Spouse(s) Ghulam Qadir
Children 2 (both deceased)
Occupation Politician

Syeda Shehla Raza (Urdu: سیدہ شہلا رضا‬‎) (born 15 May 1964 in Karachi, Pakistan[2]) is a Pakistan People's Party politician in the Sindh province of Pakistan. In 2008, she was unanimously elected deputy speaker in the Thirteenth Assembly of the Sindh Assembly,[3] and re-elected in 2013 for that position in the Fourteenth Assembly.[4][5]

Early education

Raza completed her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Karachi, receiving her Master's degree in Physiology in 1991.[6]

Political career

Her political career began while she was attending university. In 1986, she joined the People's Students Federation, a student wing of the Pakistan People's Party, when political activities were banned.[3] 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 1990, 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.[5][6] The charges were later dropped.[6]

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 2008 elections.[6]

Personal life

In 1991, she married Ghulam Qadir, a former politician and then a general manager for Shahzeb Pharmaceutical Company.[3] Her first child, a daughter, was born in 1992; in 1994 she had a son. Both of them were killed in a traffic accident in 2005.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/144448
  2. ↑ Syeda Shehla Raza. "Famous Pakistani Women". 2011-04-28.
  3. 1 2 3 "Member Profile: Mrs. Syeda Shehla Raza, PSW-138". Provincial Assembly of Sindh. 2008. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Member Profile: Syeda Shehla Raza, RSW-131". Provincial Assembly of Sindh. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 Qazi, Asif (7 April 2008). "Profile of Shehla Raza". Daily Times. Lahore, Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Ms. Syeda Shehla Raza(Deputy Speaker-Sindh Assembly)". Kalpoint. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008.
  7. ↑ "SHC seeks report from CDGK on children's killing". Daily Times. Lahore, Pakistan. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Abro, Razzak (8 November 2008). "Shehla takes oath as acting governor". Daily Times. Lahore, Pakistan. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.


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