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Azra Fazal Pechuho - Sindh Health Minister
Pechuho was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-213 (Nawabshah-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. She received 75,237 votes and defeated Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[6]
She was not a popular politician until the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007.[1] After the assassination, she became the chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST).[1]
Pechuho was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-213 (Nawabshah-I) as a candidate of PPP in 2008 Pakistani general election.[7] She received 108,404 votes and defeated Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (F) (PML-F).[8]
Pechuho was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-213 (Nawabshah-I) as a candidate of PPP in 2013 Pakistani general election.[9][10] She received 113,199 votes and defeated Inayat Ali Rind, a candidate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).[11]
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-37 (Shaheed Benazirabad-I) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[12]
On 19 August, she was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was made Provincial Minister of Sindh for Health with the additional ministerial portfolio of Population Welfare.[13]
| Relatives | Asif Zardari (brother)[1] Benazir Bhutto (sister-in-law) Faryal Talpur (sister) |
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