Senator Khushbakht Shujaat | |
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| Member of theSenate of Pakistan | |
| In office March 2015 – March 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1948-11-01)1 November 1948 (age 77) Bhopal, India |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Other political affiliations | Muttahida Qaumi Movement |
Khushbakht Shujaat (Urdu:خوش بخت شجاعت; born 1 November 1948) is aPakistani politician who has been a member of theSenate of Pakistan since March 2015. Previously, she had been a member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Shujaat was born on 1 November 1948 inBhopal,India.[1][2][3]
She received Master of Arts degree in Journalism from theUniversity of Karachi between 1972 and 1975.[2][4]
She worked as anchorperson inPakistan Television Corporation before entering politics.[2]
She joinedMuttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in 2007.[5]
She was elected to theNational Assembly of Pakistan fromConstituency NA-250 (Karachi-XII) as a candidate of MQM in the2008 Pakistani general election.[5][6][7] She received 52,045 votes and defeated a candidate ofPakistan Peoples Party.[8]
She ran for the seat of National Assembly from Constituency NA-250 (Karachi-XII) as a candidate of MQM in the2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[9][10][5] She received 30,365 votes and lost the seat toArif Alvi.[11]
In 2015, she was elected to theSenate of Pakistan as a candidate of MQM.[12][13][14][15]
NOTE: KhushBakht Shujat is an Educationist as well and she runs her School system in Karachi.
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