Sumaira Malik is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the NA-69 constituency (Khushab-I) three consecutive times in 2002, 2008 and 2013.
Wiki/Biography
Sumaira Malik Awan or Sumera Malik was born on Thursday, December 19, 1963, in Karabakh, Mianwali District, Pakistan (age 59; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Sumaira graduated from Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Sumaira studied at Punjabi University, Lahore, and received a master’s degree in political science.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Sumaira Malik belongs to the Qutab-shahi Awan family of Pakistan.
Parents and siblings
Sumaira Malik’s father Malik Allahyar Khan is a politician. Not much information is available about her mother.
Photos of Sumaira Malik’s father Malik Allahyar Khan
Sumaira Malik and her mother
Her sister Ayla Malik is a Pakistani journalist and politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007, with seats reserved for women.
Sumaira Malik’s sister Ayla Malik
She also has a sister who is married to a son of her uncle Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari.
husband and children
Sumaira’s husband Malik Tahir Sarfraz is a former federal secretary from Khushab. They had a son, Malik Salar Muhammad Khan, who was a politician.
Sumaira Malik with husband Malik Tahir Sarfraz (right) and son Malik Muhammad Uzair (left)
Sumaira also has a son, Malik Muhammad Uzair Khan, son of Muhammad Hashim Khan.
Sumaira Malik and her son Malik Salar Muhammad Khan
other relatives
Sumaira is the granddaughter of Malik Aamir Muhammad Khan, the Nawab of Karabagh. Amir Mohammad Khan served as governor-general of West Pakistan in the 1960s and was notorious for his brutality in his heyday. He was killed by his son Asadullah Khan on November 26, 1967 over a family property dispute.
Malik Aamir Muhammad Khan
Sumaira Malik is the niece of former Pakistan President Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari.
Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
religion
Sumaira Malik believes in Islam.
race/tribe
Sumaira belongs to the Awan tribe.
address
Sumaira lives in H.No.5, St.14-A, F-7/2, Margallah Road, Islamabad.
Profession
2002 Pakistani general election
Sumaira started her political career in 2002 and joined the National Alliance Party. In the 2002 general election of Pakistan, she contested from the NA-69 (Khushab-I) constituency and was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, defeating the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) candidate Umer Aslam Khan. Member of the National Assembly. The lead was 71,925 votes. In September 2004, she served as the Minister of State for Tourism in the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) federal cabinet led by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. She also headed the Ministry of Women Development and Youth Affairs during her tenure.
2008 Pakistani general election
In the 2008 Pakistani general election, Sumaira, as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q), defeated independent candidate Umer Aslam Khan in the NA-69 (Khushab-I) constituency. Khan), was re-elected.
2013 Pakistani general election
In the 2013 Pakistani general election, she was the candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), defeating the candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, Umer Aslam Khan, and won from the NA-69 (Khushab-I) constituency. In 2014, the 2013 general election for NA-69 (Khushab-I) constituency was declared invalid after Sumaira was disqualified by the Supreme Court for holding a fake degree. In the subsequent by-election, Sumaira’s son Malik Muhammad Uzair Khan won the seat, defeating the candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
2018 pakistan election
In the 2018 Pakistan General Elections, Sumaira lost to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Malik Umer Aslam Khan in the NA-69 (Khushab-I) constituency by a margin of 30,047 votes. ).
dispute
Accused of holding fake degree
In the 2013 general elections, Sumaira Malik was elected as a member of the National Assembly (MNA) from the NA-69 (Khushab-I) constituency on the Pakistan Muslim League (N) ticket. After winning for the third consecutive time, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rival Malik Omar Aslam filed a petition in the Supreme Court claiming that Sumaira held fake graduation in arts degree, and accused her of hiring someone to impersonate her during the degree exam. He claimed that Sumaira completed her studies in 1981 but obtained a fake graduation degree from Punjab University to legally maintain her eligibility to contest the general elections. In October 2013, the Supreme Court charged that she was not qualified enough to contest the constitutionally mandated election and annulled her victory in the 2013 general election. Furthermore, the Supreme Court disqualified her from future elections under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution for possessing a fake degree. The Supreme Court passed the judgment which reads as follows:
She obtained her bachelor’s degree through false pretences and demonstrated that she was not an honest person based on the same academic qualifications that candidates typically disclose in their nomination papers. In summary, it is agreed to appeal immediately. Therefore, due to this qualification, she will not be entitled to contest elections in the future, and if she contests elections and is declared successful, the Election Commission will be obliged to de-notify her ab initio. ”
However, on June 9, 2018, the Supreme Court approved Sumaira’s candidacy in Pakistan’s 2018 general elections and reversed the decision to disqualify her for life from contesting parliamentary elections after an in-depth forensic analysis of her degree. It’s authentic.
Violation of ballot secrecy regulations
On December 22, 2016, Sumaira was appointed as the president of Kushab District Council. On December 28, 2016, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) revoked her appointment after Ameer Haider Sangha filed a petition accusing a voter of flaunting his vote while casting his vote. However, on July 7, 2017, the Islamabad High Court reinstated Sumaira as the president of Kushayb District Council. On May 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the chief election invalid and ordered a new election. Sumaira, who had served as Pakistan Muslim League (N) district council president, was disqualified and eventually had to resign. A petition filed by Amir Haider led the Supreme Court to disqualify Sumaira for the second consecutive time in five years.
assets/property
As of 2003, Sumaira’s net worth was worth approximately Rs 75.3 million, which included farmland, house, two cars, 50 tolas of gold, bonus bonds, stocks and cash in two bank accounts.
Facts/Trivia
- In February 2022, Sumaira was appointed deputy chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
- Sumaira added the Dr prefix to her name because, according to her Twitter account, she is a PhD holder.
- Sumaira served as spokesperson for Imran Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
- Sumaira was the first Lok Sabha candidate elected from the NA-69 constituency (Khushab-I) of the National Alliance in the 2002 general election.
- In March 2022, Sumaira was invited to attend the first graduation ceremony of the University of Central Punjab (Bawalpur) as one of the chief guests.
- In 2022, several old phone recordings of Pakistani politician Imran Khan went viral on social media, showing him having sex with Ayla Malik. In the leaked audio, Imran Khan can be heard having an inappropriate conversation with a woman, who is believed to be Sumaira’s sister Ira. However, Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf denied the news and claimed the tapes were fake. Ella, the woman on the other end of the phone, is believed to have also denied the news and said the voice was not hers. Sumaira called the tape fake and tweeted support for her sister Ella Malik, writing:
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— Sumaira Malik (@SumairaMaIikMNA) December 21, 2022
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