Shazia Marri


Shazia Jannat Marri born on 8 October 1972 is a politician. She was born to the Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly Atta Muhammad Marri.  She has BA (Arts) who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from July 2012 to August 2013 and again from August 2013 to May 2018. Her grandfather Ali Muhammad Marri was a member of the legislative assembly of Sindh in 1944-45 during the British Raj. Her father Atta Muhammad Marri has remained a member of the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly, as well as Deputy Speaker of Sindh from 1990-1993, and mother Parveen Marri has also remained a member of the provincial assembly in 1985-86.
She was elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 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 Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 2008 Pakistani general election from PS-133 on reserved seat for women, representing PPP. In July 2012, she resigned from the seat. In July 2012, she was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PPP on a seat reserved for women from Sindh. She ran for the seat of National Assembly in 2013 Pakistani general election 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. 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.

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