Shazia Jannat Marri (, ; born 8 October 1966) is a Pakistani politician and Federal Minister for Benazir Income Support Programme. She has 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 ...

since August 2018 and current Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from July 2012 to August 2013 and again from August 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born on 8 October 1966 in

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to Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Atta Muhammad Marri. Her grandfather Ali Muhammad was also politician and was member of legislative assembly during British government from 1944 to 1945. Moreover, her mother Parveen Marri has also remained member of Sindh Assembly during 1985–86. She has a BA degree.

Political career

She was elected to

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on 2002 Pakistani general election. She served as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Electric before appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for Information from 2008 to 2010. She was re-elected to

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from PS-133 on reserved seat for women, representing

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). In July 2012, she resigned from the seat. In July 2012, she was elected to the

as a candidate of PPP on a seat reserved for women from

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

. She ran for the seat of National Assembly in

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 ...

from NA-235 (Sanghar-II), but was unsuccessful. She was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seat for women in 2013 election. In July 2013, she was elected to the National Assembly in by-election from NA-235 (Sanghar-II). She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-216 (Sanghar-II) in

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 ...

. In the same election, she was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP on a seat reserved for women from Sindh.

References

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