Sumaira Malik ( ur, ; born 19 December 1963) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from 2002 to October 2013.

Early life and education

She was born on 19 December 1963. She has done Master of Arts in Political Science from the

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

Political career

Malik was elected to the

from Constituency NA-69 (Khushab-I) as a candidate of National Alliance in the 2002 Pakistani general election. She received 71,925 votes and defeated Umer Aslam Khan, a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q). In September 2004, she was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

and was appointed as Minister of State for Tourism. 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 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. She received 61,076 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Umer Aslam Khan. She was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-69 (Khushab-I) as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. She received 119,193 votes and defeated Umer Aslam Khan, a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

. She was disqualified from the National Assembly by the Supreme Court of Pakistan due to fake degree in October 2013. She once served as the Minister of Women Development and Minister of State for Youth Affairs. In May 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared election of Malik as chairperson of the Khushab district council as null and void. In June 2018, SC allowed her to contest

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

overturning previous decision over the fake degree. In July 2018 she lost election to Malik Umer Aslam Khan, a candidate of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Sumaira Living people 1963 births Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Expelled members of the National Assembly of Pakistan People from Khushab District 21st-century Pakistani women politicians