Nafisa Shah (Urdu: نفيسہ شاہ; born 20 January 1968) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, she was member of the National Assembly from March 2008 to May 2018.
Nafisa Shah Jillani | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-208 (Khairpur-I) |
| In office 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| District Nazim of Khairpur | |
| In office 2001–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1968 Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) |
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Early life and education
Shah was born on 20 January 1968[2] in Khairpur, Sindh[3] to Qaim Ali Shah.[4]
She has doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford.[3]
Political career
Shah served as Nazim of District Khairpur[4][5][6] from 2001 to 2007.[3]
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Sindh in the 2008 Pakistani general election.[7][8] She served as chair of the National Commission for Human Development and general secretary of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus between 2008 and 2013.[4]
She has been vice president of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.[4] She also headed the National Commission for Human Development.[6] In 2011, she was awarded a Ph.D degree by the University of Oxford for her study on honour killing in Sindh.[6]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP on a seat reserved for women from Sindh in the 2013 Pakistani general election for the second time.[1][9][10]
She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-208 (Khairpur-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election. She received 107,847 votes and defeated Ghous Ali Shah.[11]
books
- Honour Unmasked: Gender Violence, Law, and Power in Pakistan – 2016
- Honour and Violence: Gender, Power and Law in Southern Pakistan. 2017