Fauzia Wahab فوزیہ وہاب | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Finance and Revenue | |
| In office 6 March 2008 – 17 June 2012 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Hina Rabbani Khar |
| Succeeded by | Rubina Qaim Khani |
| Secretary Information of Pakistan Peoples Party | |
| In office 14 March 2009 – 17 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Sherry Rehman |
| Succeeded by | Qamar Zaman Kaira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fouzia Wahab 14 November 1956 Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan |
| Died | 17 June 2012 (aged 55)[1] Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) | Athar Husain (1998–2012) Wahab Siddiqui (1978–1993) |
| Children | Murtaza Wahab |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi (BA) National Defence University (MSc) |
| Notable awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2012) |
Fauzia Wahab (Urdu: فوزیہ وہاب; 14 November 1956 – 17 June 2012), 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.
A graduate from the Karachi University, she entered national politics in 1994 and successfully contested in 2002 general elections and again in 2008 general elections. She was notably appointed as the Secretary Information of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) after the resignation of Sherry Rehman, and as well secured the chairmanship of the standing committee on finance and revenue in 2008. She was personally endorsed by President Asif Ali Zardari and became senior, high-ranking member of the central executive committee. Earning media notoriety on passing controversial comments on Raymond Davis incident in 2011, she was admitted at the local hospital for an elective gall bladder surgery on 24 May 2012 and died on Sunday, 17 June 2012.