Sania Ashiq | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 15 August 2018 –14 January 2023 | |
Constituency | Reserved seat for women |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan | 17 February 1993
Political party | PMLN (2018-present) |
Sania Ashiq Jabeen is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 23 February 2024.
She was born on 15 February 1993 in Lahore. [1]
She has received a degree of Pharmacy-D (Doctor of Pharmacy) from the University of Punjab. [2]
Ashiq was a significant member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's social media team. However,she later resigned from the party and joined the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N),where she also oversaw the party's social media affairs. [3]
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election. [4] At the age of 25,she became the youngest member of the Punjab Assembly to be elected in 2018 general election. [5] [6]
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in 2024 Pakistani general election. [7] [8]
In October 2021,Ashiq filed a complaint with the FIA cybercrime cell,alleging that unidentified individuals had launched a defamation campaign against her on TikTok. In November 2021,a man in Taxila was arrested by the FIA for allegedly sharing a fake video of Ashiq on social media. [9] [10] The video allegedly depicting the former governor of Sindh Muhammad Zubair Umar engaging in sexual activities with an unidentified woman has circulated widely on the internet. [11]