Sadia Danish
Sadia Danish | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2023 | |
| Speaker | Nazir Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Nazir Ahmed |
| Member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
| Minister of Information and Tourism of Gilgit-Baltistan | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan People's Party |
Sadia Danish (Urdu: سعدیہ دانش) is a Pakistani politician. After serving in party positions within the Pakistan People's Party, she was elected to one of the reserved women's seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in 2009 and served as Minister of Information and Tourism. In 2023, she was unanimously elected as deputy speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, becoming the first woman elected to the post.
Biography
[edit]Sadia Danish is a native of Gilgit.[1] She joined the Pakistan People's Party, later serving as the party's secretary of information and as a provincial president of their women's wing.[2][3] In the 2009 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election, she was the head of the campaign of the women's wing.[3]
She was elected for the Pakistan People's Party as a reserved women's seat member of the first Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in 2009, remaining there until 2014.[4][1] During her first term as MLA, she served as Gilgit-Baltistan's Minister for Information and Tourism from 2009 until 2014.[1] She was a member of National Commission on the Status of Women, having been the Gilgit Baltistan member in 2013.[2][3] She returned to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in 2020.[1]
On 17 July 2023, speaker Nazir Ahmed announced that Danish was unanimously elected as the Assembly's deputy speaker, as the sole nominee for the post on behalf of the ruling coalition; there was no nomination from any of the other MLAs, including the opposition.[1][5] She is the first woman elected to the post, with The Nation calling it a "landmark development".[1][2] After becoming deputy speaker, she announced her intention to focus on women empowerment in the province.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Nagri, Jamil (18 July 2023). "Sadia Danish becomes GB's first woman deputy speaker". Dawn. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Sadia Danish becomes GB's first woman deputy speaker". The Nation. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Annual Report 2013 (PDF) (Report). National Commission on the Status of Women. 2013. p. X. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ Khan, Zulfiqar Ali (8 December 2009). "EC notifies technocrats and women legislators of GBLA". Pamir Times. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Sadia Danish elected GB Assembly's first woman deputy speaker". Dunya News. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.