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Nafisa Shah () is a Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) and Vice-President of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). During the tenure of Pakistan's PPP-led coalition government (2008–2013), Shah served as chair of the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and General Secretary of the (Women’s Parliamentary Caucus ). She has also been a member of parliamentary standing committees on Finance, Minorities, Economic Affairs and Statistics.〔Member of National Assembly http://cybervision.com.pk/na/en/profile.php?uid=336〕 Shah frequently writes for publications such as The Express Tribune and The News. Her opinions are often solicited on news channels including Dawn TV, ARY News, Express 24/7, GEO News Business Plus, Samaa TV, Dunya TV, BBC, CNN and others. Formerly, Shah was the Nazim (mayor) of Khairpur District. ==Education and personal life== Nafisa Shah was born on 20 January 1968 in Sukkur to Husn Afroze Brohi Shah and Syed Qaim Ali Shah Jilani. She completed her O-Levels at St. Joseph's Convent School and A-Levels at Karachi Grammar School. Upon finishing her undergraduate studies, Shah worked with Newsline and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute Her reporting on environmental problems, development and gender issues won her acclaim at home and abroad. In 1993, Shah received All-Pakistan Newspaper Society's Best Article of the Year award〔Newsline Awards http://www.newslinemagazine.com/about-2/2/〕 and was included on United Nations' Global Roll of Honour.〔UN Global Roll of Honour http://www.global500.org/ViewLaureate.asp?ID=183〕 In recognition of her groundbreaking research work, Nafisa Shah was admitted as a Chevening Scholar to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford.〔Nafisa Shah at Oxford University http://www.oupaksoc.org/alumni.html〕 After completing her Masters in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Shah enrolled in a doctoral program in Anthropology.〔Nafisa Shah's Oxford University Lecture http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2009-10/weekly/040310/lecs.htm〕 Upon returning to Pakistan in 2000 for her field research on Karo Kari (honour killings) in upper Sindh, Shah was drawn into active politics. She contested Khairpur's local elections and won.〔Nafisa Shah, Nazim of Khairpur http://sachet.org.pk/home/g_for_gender/elected_women.asp〕 From then on, she has worked as a committed public representative.〔Qudsia Kadri Interviews Nafisa Shah http://www.dailyfpost.com/women/wom-29/womenachiver29.htm〕 After spending 10 years conducting research, Shah completed her doctoral thesis on "Honour Violence, Law and Power: A Case Study of Karo Kari in Upper Sindh" at the University of Oxford in 2010. According to news sources, the examiners praised the quality of her PhD thesis and "said that the argument and the data mustered to support the theses were original, persuasive and lucidly and coherently presented〔Nafisa Shah gets PhD from Oxford http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/04/nafisa-shah-gets-phd-from-oxford.html〕” Her book on the topic is under publication. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nafisa Shah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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