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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Shehnaz Sheikh
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start =2002
| term_end = 2012
|birth_date =
| party =
| nationality = Australian <br /> Pakistani
}}

'''Begum Shehnaz Sheikh''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|شہناز شیخ}}}}) is a [[Pakistani Australian]] former politician who served as member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] before her membership termination.

==Political career==
She was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] on a seat reserved for women from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in the [[1988 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="dawn/4nov2002" />

She was re-elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] on a seat reserved for women from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in the [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="dawn/4nov2002">{{cite news|title=Four women MPs hail from Bahawalpur|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/64934|accessdate=10 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-Q secures 22, PPP 15, MMA 12: Seats reserved for women|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/64511|accessdate=9 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=1 November 2002}}</ref>

She was re-elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] on a seat reserved for women from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in the [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wasim|first1=Amir|title=Controversy over legislator’s resignation|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/751819|accessdate=9 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Iftikhar A.|title=Three major parties short of two-thirds majority|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/292634|accessdate=9 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=7 March 2008}}</ref> Her National Assembly membership was suspended in 2012 by the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] due to her Australian citizenship.<ref>{{cite news|title=SC suspends Shehnaz Sheikh's NA membership|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/753889|accessdate=9 December 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=3 October 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian people of Punjabi descent]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1988–1990]]
[[Category:Pakistan Peoples Party MNAs]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MNAs]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Pakistani emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]]
[[Category:Expelled members of the National Assembly of Pakistan]]

Shehnaz Sheikh (politician) - Revision history

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