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Dr Saveera Parkash has also filed nomination papers for reserved seats
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DAGGAR: In a first, a woman from the Hindu community in Pakistan, is set to contest the upcoming general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Buner district after successfully passing scrutiny of her documents, The News reported on Friday.
Dr Saveera Parkash will contest elections in the PK-25 constituency of the KP Assembly. She has also filed nomination papers for the national and provincial assemblies’ reserved seats.
She will face Awami National Party (ANP) leader and former minister Sardar Hussain Babak, ex-minister Riaz Khan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) leader and ex-lawmaker Mufti Fazal Ghafoor and others as they contend for PK-25 in the polls slated for February 8, 2024.
Dr Parkash completed her MBBS from the Abbottabad International Medical College in 2022 and is also the general secretary of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) women’s wing in Buner.
Her father Dr Om Parkash, who recently retired, has been an active member of the party for the past 35 years.
Upbeat over the response of the local people, Dr Saveera Parkash said that she had not expected such an overwhelming response.
“Even the leaders and supporters of the religious parties appreciated my decision to contest the election,” she added.
Several minority families have been living in Buner district and some male members of the community contested elections in the past.
First Hindu woman to contest polls from Buner
DAGGAR: In a first, a woman from the Hindu community in Pakistan, is set to contest the upcoming general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Buner district after successfully passing scrutiny of her...
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