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Sharmila Faruqui

Dr. Sharmila Faruqui
Faruqui in 2005
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
February 2020 – August 2023
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyReserved seat for women
Advisor to the chief minister of Sindh
In office
September 2008 – 21 March 2013
GovernorIshratul Ibad
Chief MinisterSyed Qaim Ali Shah
Personal details
Born (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 46)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political partyPPP (2008-present)
Spouse
Hasham Riaz Sheikh
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(m. 2015)​
Parents
  • Usman Farooqi (father)
  • Anisa Farooqi (mother)
RelativesN M Uqaili (maternal grandfather)
Alma materAdamson Institute of Business Administration and Technology, Karachi

Dr. Sharmila Sahiba Faruqui Hasham (Urdu: شرمیلا صاحبہ فاروقی ہشام; born 25 January 1978) is a Pakistani politician from Karachi, affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party.

Family and education

Faruqui is the daughter of Usman Farooqi, who was a bureaucrat and a former chairman of Pakistan Steel Mill[citation needed] and Anisa. She belongs to a Sindhi family. Her maternal grandfather was N M Uqaili, former Pakistan Minister of Finance and Faruqui is the niece of Salman Faruqui, a confidante of former President Asif Ali Zardari.[1]

Faruqui earned her Master of Business Administration from the Adamson Institute of Business Administration and Technology, Karachi and a Master of Laws degree.[1]

Faruqui married Hasham Riaz Sheikh, a former Wall Street investment banker and presently an advisor to Asif Ali Zardari,[2] on 5 March 2015.[3]

Career

Prior to joining politics as a Pakistan Peoples Party leader, Faruqui worked as an actress. She appeared in a Drama serial "Panchwa Mausam" along with Aijaz Aslam, Talat Hussain, Abdullah Kadwani and Gulab Chandio.[4][5]

She appears on TV political news/talk/public affairs News channels to defend her party and government from corruption allegations.[6]

She previously served as a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2013–2018[7] and was reelected in 2018 Pakistani general elections and later became its member in February 2020.[8][9]

Corruption

In 2001, Faruqui along with her father Usman Faruqui, embezzled Rs 195 billion ($1.95 billion) from Pakistan Steel Mills and Government of Pakistan through political corruption and fraud. Anisa Faruqui, her mother, entered into a plea bargain with the National Accountability Bureau on 28 April 2001 after being arrested with First Information Report (FIR) No. 19/96, and given into the custody of the Ehtesab Cell by the Special Judge, Central II, handling cases of top corrupt public servants like Usman Faruqui. Sharmila Faruqui and her family were extensively investigated by officers of the National Accountability Bureau, Federal Investigation Agency and officials Karachi Electric Supply Corporation due to the non-payment of electricity bills to the tune of Rs 1 million.[1][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sharmila Farooqi". Pakistan Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. ^ "'Sharmila Farooqi finally interlocked with Hasham Riaz'". Aaj News. 6 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Jiyali to gharwali: Sharmila's fantasy wedding comes to life". Dawn (newspaper). 6 March 2015.
  4. ^ "شرمیلا فاروقی میدان سیاست میں داخل ہونے سے پہلے کیا کام کرتی تھیں؟". Daily Basharat (newspaper) (in Urdu). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ "زرداری، شرمیلا فاروقی سمیت کئی سیاستدان ماضی میں شوبز سے وابستہ رہے". Daily Pakistan (newspaper) (in Urdu). 25 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Sharmila Farooqi: Miss Information". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 14 October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Sharmila Sahebah Faruqui". Provincial Assembly of Sindh (pas.gov.pk). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Sharmila Faruqui". Provincial Assembly of Sindh (pas.gov.pk). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Sharmila Farooqi Becomes MPA". UrduPoint. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "After six years, NAB wakes up to Sharmila disqualification issue". The News International (newspaper). 3 July 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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