Sobia Shahid


Sobia Shahid is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from August 2018 to January 2023 and from May 2013 to May 2018.

Education

She has a master's degree.

Political career

Shahid was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election.
In 2015, Shahid was noted as the most active woman member in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. In May 2016, she joined a resolution to establish a Women's Caucus in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Shahid was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan suspended the membership of Shahid as a member of the National Assembly. This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.

Personal life

Shahid is married and as of 2005, has three children.