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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sobia Shahid
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| term_start = 29 May 2013
| term end =
|constituency= Reserved seat for women
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Sobia Shahid''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|صوبیہ شاہد}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], since May 2013.

==Education==
She has a master's degree.<ref name="dawn/13aug2018">{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Waseem Ahmad |title=PTI secures 16 of 22 seats reserved for women MPAs |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426727/pti-secures-16-of-22-seats-reserved-for-women-mpas |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

==Political career==

Shahid was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) on a reserved seat for women in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Final count: ECP announces MPAs, MNAs on reserved seats - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/555604/final-count-ecp-announces-mpas-mnas-on-reserved-seats/|accessdate=9 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=28 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307204258/https://tribune.com.pk/story/555604/final-count-ecp-announces-mpas-mnas-on-reserved-seats/|archivedate=7 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shah|first1=Waseem Ahmad|title=With 11 reserved seats: PTI builds up strength in KP Assembly|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1014574|accessdate=9 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101140011/https://www.dawn.com/news/1014574|archivedate=1 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2015, Shahid was noted as the most active woman member in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|title=In review : K-P Assembly passes 38 bills in second year - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/920929/in-review-k-p-assembly-passes-38-bills-in-second-year/|accessdate=9 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=15 July 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507122622/http://tribune.com.pk/story/920929/in-review-k-p-assembly-passes-38-bills-in-second-year/|archivedate=7 May 2016}}</ref> In May 2016, she joined a resolution to establish a [[Caucus|Women's Caucus]] in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/resolutions/12002/| title=KP Assembly - Establishment of the Women Caucus| date=27 May 2016| accessdate=4 January 2018| website=www.pakp.gov.pk| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703021608/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/resolutions/12002/| archivedate=3 July 2017}}</ref>

Shahid was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="dawn/13aug2018" />

==Personal life==
Shahid is married and as of 2005, has three children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/member/wr-16/|title=Sobia Shahid {{!}} KP Assembly|website=www.pakp.gov.pk|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-12|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607215024/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/2013/member/wr-16/|archivedate=2017-06-07}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistani women in politics]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)]]
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