Sumaira Malik

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Pp-semi-blp Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

Sumaira Malik (Template:Langx; born 19 December 1963) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to October 2013.

Early life and education

She was born on 19 December 1963.[1][2]

She has done Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Punjab.[1]

Political career

Malik was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-69 (Khushab-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in the 2002 Pakistani general election.[3] She received 71,925 votes and defeated Umer Aslam Awan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[4] In September 2004, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and was appointed as Minister of State for Tourism.[1]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-69 (Khushab-I) as a candidate of PML-Q in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[5] She received 61,076 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Umer Aslam Awan.[6]

She was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-69 (Khushab-I) as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[7] She received 119,193 votes and defeated Umer Aslam Awan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[8]

She was disqualified from the National Assembly by the Supreme Court of Pakistan due to fake degree in October 2013.[9]

She once served as the Minister of Women Development[10] and Minister of State for Youth Affairs.[11]

In May 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared election of Malik as chairperson of the Khushab district council as null and void.[12]

In June 2018, SC allowed her to contest 2018 Pakistani general election overturning previous decision over the fake degree.[13]

In July 2018 she lost the election to Umer Aslam Awan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".