Shehla Raza

Syeda Shehla Raza Alvi
Born 15 May 1964
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Alma mater University of Karachi
Occupation Parliamentarian
Political party
Pakistan People's Party
Spouse(s) Ghulam Qadir
Children Two

Syeda Shehla Raza (Urdu: سیدہ شهلا رضا) was on born 15 May 1964 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[1] is a Pakistan People's Party politician. By 2014, she had become deputy speaker in the Sindh Assembly.[2]

Raza completed her undergraduate and graduate education in Physiology at the University of Karachi. Her political career began while she was attending university. In 1986, she joined the People's Students Federation, a student wing of the Pakistan People's Party, when political activities were banned.[3] Her activism began during this period of military rule. Three years later, Raza was elected as the Joint Secretary of the People's Student Federation.

In 1991, she married; in 1992, her first daughter was born; in 1994,she had a son. Both of them died in a traffic accident in 2005.

References

  1. Syeda Shehla Raza. "Famous Pakistani Women". 2011-04-28.
  2. "Profile of Shehla Raza". Daily Times. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  3. "Profile of Shehla Raza". Provincial Assembly of Sindh]. 2008. Retrieved 2013-03-06.