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Fauzia Khamal Bacha
Fauzia is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Fauzia Gailani, elected to represent Herat Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005 * Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani politician in the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) * Reenat Fauzia, sitarist, daughter of Mobarak Hossain Khan, a musicologist and litterateur {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauzia Gailani
Fauzia Gailani was elected to represent Herat Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. She won almost 16,885 votes, more than any other candidate in Herat. Prior to her election Fauzia, a mother of six, had established a chain of fitness centers. She belongs to the Gailani ethnic Pashtun family of Afghanistan. Fauzia has spoken out against violence against women, and has spoken out against forced marriages for girls. She herself was forced to marry, at thirteen years of age. She was widely quoted following the murder of Nadia Anjuman, a young Afghan poet whose husband was arrested for her death after admitting hitting her following an argument. The Congressional Research Service described Fauzia as one of the independent representatives whose support the Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauzia Wahab
Fauzia Wahab ( Urdu: فوزیہ وہاب; 14 November 1956 – 17 June 2012), was a Pakistani politician who served as the senior '' ex officio'' member and the secretary-general of the central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party. A graduate from the Karachi University, she entered national politics in 1994 and successfully contested in 2002 general elections and again in 2008 general elections. She was notably appointed as the Secretary Information of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) after the resignation of Sherry Rehman, and as well secured the chairmanship of the standing committee on finance and revenue in 2008. She was personally endorsed by President Asif Ali Zardari and became senior, high-ranking member of the central executive committee. Earning media notoriety on passing controversial comments on Raymond Davis incident in 2011, she was admitted at the local hospital for an elective gall bladder surgery on 24 May 2012 and died on Sunday, 17 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |