Sumeta Afzal Syed

Sumeta Afzal Syed
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
June 2013 – 28 May 2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Personal details
Born (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987 (age 37)
Karachi
NationalityPakistani

Sumeta Afzal Syed is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from June 2013 to May 2018. She became the youngest female MPA at the age of 25 years in Sindh Assembly.

Early life and education

She was born on 1 April 1987 in Karachi.[1]

She has earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Humanities (Major: Psychology, Minor: Special Education).[1]

She did her Masters in Social Work from University of Houston.

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3][4]

She quit MQM in April 2018 and joined Pak Sarzameen Party.[5]

She joined Pakistan People's Party in March 2021 and from then she is Advisor Sustainable Development Goals Task Force, Sindh till August 2023. [6]

On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Sindh.[7] This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^ "PML-N secures maximum number of reserved seats in NA". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "PPP biggest beneficiary of reserved seats in Sindh". The Nation. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  4. ^ Newspaper, the (31 May 2013). "'New' faces in Sindh PA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Kamal lashes out at Sattar as another MQM-P leader joins PSP". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ^ "MQM-P Lawmaker Sumeta Afzal Joins PSP – Abb Takk News". Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Notification dated 13 May 2024" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (14 May 2024). "Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2024.


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