Kanwal Shauzab
Kanwal Shauzab | |
|---|---|
| Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives | |
| 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 39–40) Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Kanwal Shauzab is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.
Early life and education[]
She was born in 1982 to the Pakistan Army officer in Ahmedpur East.[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]
Allegations of Abuse of Power and Torture[]
In September 2020, a citizen of Islamabad Sector F-11/2 petitioned Islamabad Sessions Court to request registration of a criminal complaint against Shauzab. The petition alleged that Shauzab used Capital Development Authority to landscape and clean up area around Shauzab's newly purchased house; and that on September 30, 2020, she trespassed on private property to torture a 67 year old neighbor.[5]
Additional Session Judge Syed Faizan Haider approved the petition on January 19, 2021 and ordered appropriate police FIR be registered against the PTI Member National Assembly (MNA) according to the law.[6]
Allegations of anti-semitism[]
On May 18, 2021 Shauzub expressed her support for the Palestinian cause by saying: "Hitler said he had spared some Jews to let the world know why he killed them."[7][8]
References[]
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "PTI MNA in the midst of a scandal". The Pakistan Daily.
- ^ "Court approves plea to lodge case against PTI's Kanwal Shauzab for torturing citizen". DunyaNews.
- ^ "PTI's MNA justifies Hitler's actions to show solidarity with Palestinians". The Current. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Images Staff (2021-05-20). "Anti-semitism has no place in the Palestinian movement but many Pakistanis haven't gotten the memo". Images. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
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