{{Short description|Pakistani politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dr Sumera Shams | honorific_suffix = MPA | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age text|August 19, 1991}}<ref name="kpka">{{cite web| url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2018/member/wr-05-2018/| title=Sumaira Shams {{!}} KP Assembly| website=pakp.gov.pk}}</ref> | office = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | term_start = 13 August 2018 | term_end = 18 January 2023 | constituency = | occupation = MBBS doctor, politician | party = PTI (2018-present) }} '''Sumera Shams''' is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023.
==Early life== Her younger sister Noorena Shams has represented Pakistan in international squash.<ref name="kpka" />
==Political career== Shams was elected as the member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Lower Dir District in the provincial election held in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1771459/1-lower-dirs-sumera-shams-set-become-youngest-legislator/| title=Lower Dir's Sumera Shams set to become youngest legislator| date=2 August 2018| first=Niha| last=Dagia| website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
She is the youngest person to be elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly. She was also one of the first women to cast a vote in Lower Dir.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://timesofislamabad.com/30-Jul-2018/pti-mpa-elect-dr-sumera-shams-makes-history-in-the-politics-of-pakistan| title=PTI MPA elect Dr Sumera Shams makes history in the politics of Pakistan | date=30 July 2018| website=timesofislamabad.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/348350-first-woman-to-vote-in-lower-dir-now-becomes-youngest-ever-to-land-in-kpk-assembly| title=First woman to vote in Lower Dir now becomes youngest ever to land in KPK Assembly | date=30 July 2018| website=thenews.com.pk}}</ref>
Previously she served as a district councillor in Lower Dir in 2015.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1423913| title=Tehreek-i-Insaf to get seven NA women reserved seats from KP| first=Waseem| last=Ahmad Shah| date=31 July 2018| work=Dawn}}</ref>
Shams was named a 2022 Politician of the Year by One Young World, receiving her award in Manchester, England, in September 2022 alongside four other young politicians from around the world.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2376100/ptis-mpa-bags-young-politician-award|title=PTI's MPA bags young politician award|journal=The Express Tribune|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=9 November 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2018/member/wr-05-2018/ Sumaira Shams | KP Assembly] * {{Twitter}}
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