Ismat Shahjahan

Ismat Shahjahan
عصمت شاہ جہان
Born
Ismat Raza Shahjahan

(1963-05-06) May 6, 1963 (age 61)
NationalityPakistani
Alma materInternational Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam
University of Peshawar
Occupation(s)Political activist, socialist, feminist
Years active1983 – present
Known forWomen Democratic Front
Awami Workers Party
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
Notable workPashto magazine Leekwal (published in 1992)
Urdu magazine Nariwad (published in 2018)

Ismat Raza Shahjahan (Pashto/Urdu: عصمت رضا شاہ جہان; b. May 6, 1963) is a socialist-feminist political leader from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She is the president of Women Democratic Front (WDF),[1] the deputy general-secretary of the Awami Workers Party (AWP),[2] and a leading member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).

She ran for the National Assembly seat NA-54 (Islamabad-III) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Leadership". Women Democratic Front. Archived from the original on 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  2. ^ "Leadership". Awami Workers Party, Pakistan. 24 March 2014.
  3. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk.
  4. ^ "Give me your poor and young: Ismat Shahjahan to fight for Islamabad's water, katchi abadis, workers | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV.
  5. ^ "Seven unique candidates making the news this election cycle". DAWN.COM. 21 July 2018.