Sherry Rehman, a close confidante of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto made history on Thursday when she was appointed Pakistan’s first female opposition leader in the Senate.
The appointment of Rehman, a senator of the Pakistan Peoples Party, to the Upper House of Parliament was announced in a notification issued by the Senate Secretariat.
“Thank you to my party leadership, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asif Zardari, former President and Co-Chairman of PPP, and opposition parties that reposed confidence in me,” she tweeted soon after the announcement.
Rehman began her career as a journalist before joining politics in Pakistan. She has been twice elected as member of the Lower House – the National Assembly. She also served as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting between 2008 and 2011. She also served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. in 2011.
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