Shahnaz Wazir Ali is a Pakistani politician who served as member of the
National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Political career
She was elected to the
National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of
Pakistan Peoples Party on a seat reserved for women from
Punjab
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in the
2008 Pakistani general election. She was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister
Yousaf Raza Gillani
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and was made Adviser to the Prime Minister on Social Sector.
In 2012, she was appointed as a special assistant to Prime Minister
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
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with the status of minister of state.
References
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Living people
Pakistan People's Party politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi alumni
21st-century Pakistani women politicians