Shunila Ruth

{{short description|Pakistani politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Shunila Ruth | honorific_suffix = | office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | term_start = 13 August 2018 | term_end = 25 January 2023 | constituency = Reserved seat for minorities | office1 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | term_start1 = 29 May 2013 | term_end1 = 31 May 2018 | constituency1 = Reserved seat for minorities | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan | party = PTI (2013-present) }}

'''Shunila Ruth''' ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|شنیلہ روت}}}}; born 30 June 1953) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Previously she was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life and education== She was born on 30 June 1953 in Gujranwala.<ref name="pap/2013">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1197|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=27 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613054423/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1197|archivedate=13 June 2017}}</ref>

She graduated from Kinnaird College for Women University in 1973. She received the degree of Master of Arts in English in 1976 from Forman Christian College.<ref name="pap/2013" />

==Political career==

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on reserved seat for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N secures maximum number of reserved seats in NA|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/|accessdate=27 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103061614/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/pml-n-secures-maximum-number-of-reserved-seats-in-na/|archivedate=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Notification - reserved seat minorities 2013|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Punjab.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=27 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127070840/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Reserved%20Seats%20Notification/Reserved%20Seats%20in%20Punjab.pdf|archivedate=27 January 2018}}</ref>

She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in the 2018 Pakistani general election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426560/list-of-mnas-elected-on-reserved-seats-for-women-minorities |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruth, Shunila}} Category:Living people Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs Category:1953 births Category:Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Category:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Category:Pakistani Christians Category:People from Gujranwala Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab)