# Sumera Shams

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{{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](/source/Provincial_Assembly_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa)
| term_start       = 13 August 2018
| term_end         = 18 January 2023
| constituency     = 
| occupation       = MBBS doctor, politician
| party            = [PTI](/source/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf) (2018-present) 
}}
'''Sumera Shams''' is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly](/source/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_Assembly) from August 2018 till January 2023.

==Early life==
Her younger sister [Noorena Shams](/source/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](/source/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf) from [Lower Dir District](/source/Lower_Dir_District) in the [provincial election](/source/2018_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_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](/source/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](/source/Dawn_(newspaper))}}</ref>

Shams was named a 2022 Politician of the Year by One Young World, receiving her award in [Manchester](/source/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>

==References==
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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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Category:Living people
Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Category:Women members of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Category:1991 births
Category:21st-century Pakistani politicians
Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians

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