Sumera Shams

Sumera Shams is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from August 2018 till January 2023.

Early life

Her younger sister Noorena Shams has represented Pakistan in international squash.

Political career

Shams was elected as the member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from Lower Dir District in the provincial election held in July 2018.
She is the youngest person to be elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly. She was also one of the first women to cast a vote in Lower Dir.
Previously she served as a district councillor in Lower Dir in 2015.
Shams was named a 2022 Politician of the Year by One Young World, receiving her award in Manchester, England, in September 2022 alongside four other young politicians from around the world.