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Rehana Leghari is a Pakistani politician who was the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, in office from August 2018 to August 2023. She had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 to August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018.
Rehana Leghari | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
| In office 15 August 2018 – 11 August 2023 | |
| Speaker | Agha Siraj Durrani |
| Preceded by | Shehla Raza |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office June 2013 – 28 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Sujawal, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
She was born in 1971 in Sujawal district.[1]
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election.[2][3]
In August 2016, she was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was appointed as special assistants to Chief Minister on human rights.[4]
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election.[5] Following her successful election, PPP nominated her for the office of deputy speaker of the Sindh Assembly.[1] On 15 August 2018, she was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.[6] She received 98 votes against her opponent Rabia Azfar Nizami who secured 59 votes.[7]
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