Saveera Prakash will contest elections on a Pakistan Individuals’s Get together (PPP) ticket for upcoming polls.
Islamabad:
In a primary, a Hindu lady in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Buner district has filed her nomination papers for a basic seat within the upcoming polls in Pakistan, Daybreak reported.
Normal elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on February 8, 2024, to elect the members of the 16th Nationwide Meeting.
Saveera Parkash has formally submitted her nomination papers for the final seat of PK-25 in Buner district.
A member of the Hindu group, Ms Parkash is optimistic about contesting the elections on a Pakistan Individuals’s Get together (PPP) ticket, following within the footsteps of her father, Oam Parkash, a just lately retired physician and a devoted member of the PPP for the previous 35 years.
A neighborhood politician, Saleem Khan, who’s affiliated with the Qaumi Watan Get together, famous Parkash is the primary lady from Buner to submit nomination papers for the upcoming elections on a basic seat, as reported by Daybreak on Monday.
Parkash, a 2022 graduate of Abbottabad Worldwide Medical Faculty, serves as the final secretary of the PPP ladies’s wing in Buner. Expressing her dedication to the welfare of the group, she highlighted her want to work for the betterment of girls, guaranteeing a secure setting and advocating for his or her rights.
She additionally emphasised the historic neglect and suppression of girls within the growth sector and goals to handle these points if elected.
In an interview with Daybreak, Ms Parkash spoke about her aspirations to observe in her father’s footsteps, working for the world’s underprivileged. She submitted her nomination papers on December 23, expressing hope that the senior management of the PPP would endorse her candidature.
Ms Parkash, with a background in drugs, emphasised that her dedication to “serving humanity is in my blood.” Her dream of changing into an elected legislator stems from her firsthand experiences with poor administration and helplessness in authorities hospitals throughout her medical profession.
Imran Noshad Khan, a social media influencer from Buner, expressed his wholehearted endorsement of Saveera Parkash, no matter her political affiliation. He counseled her for breaking stereotypes perpetuated by conventional patriarchy, emphasising the importance of a lady stepping ahead to contest elections in a area the place it took 55 years since Buner merged with Pakistan.
Latest amendments by the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) mandate a 5 per cent inclusion of girls candidates on the whole seats, Daybreak reported.
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