Kanwal Shauzab
Kanwal Shauzab is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.
Kanwal Shauzab | |
|---|---|
| Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Development and Reforms | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 13 August 2018 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1982 (age 37–38) Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Early life and education
She was born in 1982 to the Pakistan Army officer in Multan.[1]
She holds Master degree from the National University of Modern Languages in English Literature and M.Phil from the Quaid-i-Azam University, completed in 2015.[2]
Political career
She joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1997 at the age of 15.[1]
She also contested in the senate elections held in 2018 as a candidate of PTI.[1]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2018 Pakistani general election.[3]
On 7 September 2018, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Development and Reforms.[4]
References
- "Meet Kanwal Shauzab, the only woman running for the Senate's general seat". www.geo.tv.
- "Ministry of Planning,Development & Reform". www.pc.gov.pk.
- Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 August 2018). "List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- "PM appoints Parliamentary Secretaries for Law and Justice; Planning, Development and Reforms". Business Recorder. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.