Fauzia Wahab, was a Pakistani politician who served as the senior ex officio member and the secretary-general of the central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
22 Facts About Fauzia Wahab
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Fauzia Wahab was notably appointed as the Secretary Information of the Pakistan Peoples Party after the resignation of Sherry Rehman, and as well secured the chairmanship of the standing committee on finance and revenue in 2008.
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Fauzia Wahab was personally endorsed by President Asif Ali Zardari and became senior, high-ranking member of the central executive committee.
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Fauzia Wahab acted in Haseena Moin's drama serial Kohar as the cousin of the hero played by the model, Junaid Butt.
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Fauzia Wahab worked for the Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Leasing as a Marketing Manager between 1993 and 1996.
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Fauzia Wahab was nominated as Member Advisory Council of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation in October 1994.
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Fauzia Wahab was nominated as Chairman of the Information Committee of KMC.
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In 1998, Benazir Bhutto nominated Fauzia Wahab to become the Central Coordinator of the Human Rights Cell with responsibility for corresponding with human rights organisations abroad.
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Fauzia Wahab was an active proponent for the repealing of the Hudood Ordinance as well as the Blasphemy Law.
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Fauzia Wahab took oath as a legislator and was made part of the Standing Committee on Privatization and the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs.
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Fauzia Wahab was a senior member of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly that looked after the Assembly's budget.
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Fauzia Wahab represented her party on a study tour of the German Parliamentary System in 2004.
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Fauzia Wahab was a mover of a number of bills including a bill on the environment and a ban on polythene bags.
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Fauzia Wahab took oath as a Treasury bench member on 6 March 2008.
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Fauzia Wahab was on the truck carrying Bhutto and was injured in the explosion.
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Fauzia Wahab was one of the first leaders to reach the Bilawal House in Karachi and arranged for transportation of leaders and workers from Karachi to Garhi Khuda Bux for the funeral.
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Fauzia Wahab received condolences from MQM Chief Altaf Hussain and various leaders on her assassination.
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Fauzia Wahab created a minor media controversy with her comments on Raymond Davis, a US citizen convicted of killing two men.
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Fauzia Wahab was admitted to a local hospital for an elective gall bladder surgery on 24 May 2012.
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Fauzia Wahab's sudden death was a shock to majority of the political class and media of Pakistan.
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Fauzia Wahab said that she lost her life due to a minor and ordinary operation conducted in an expensive private hospital.
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Senior Journalist, Mujahid Barelvi has compiled a book eulogising Fauzia Wahab titled as "Muskurahat Zinda Rehti Hay" or "A Smile Never Dies".