Sumaira Malik | |
---|---|
سمیرا ملک | |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 2002 – October 2013 | |
Constituency | NA-69 (Khushab-I) |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 December 1963 |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Sumaira Malik ( Urdu: سمیرا ملک; born 19 December 1963) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to October 2013.
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]
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.