Roshan Khursheed Bharucha
Roshan Khursheed Bharucha Senator | |
|---|---|
| Caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions | |
| In office 5 May 2018 – 18 August 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nasirul Mulk (caretaker) |
| Preceded by | Khawaja Saad Rafique |
| Succeeded by | Shireen Mazari (Minister of Human Rights) |
| Caretaker Federal Minister for Railways and Postal Services | |
| In office 5 May 2018 – 18 August 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nasirul Mulk (caretaker) |
| Succeeded by | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad (Minister of Railways) |
| Member of the Senate of Pakistan | |
| In office March 2003 – March 2009 | |
| President | Pervaiz Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Constituency | Women seat from Balochistan |
| Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Women Development | |
| In office Oct 2007 – April 2008 | |
| Chief Minister | Mohammad Saleh Bhutani |
| In office October 1999 – November 2002 | |
| Chief Minister | Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
| Children | 3 |
Roshan Khursheed Bharucha is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions, Railways and Postal Services in a caretaker capacity.
Education[edit]
Barucha's father migrated to Balochistan from Yazd, Iran while her mother is from Gujarat, India.[1]
She holds a master's degree in English from the University of Balochistan and a degree in Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Executives from PIMS Karachi which was awarded in 1993.[2]
Political career[edit]
She has served as Provincial Minister of Balochistan between 1999 and 2002.[3]
She has also served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2003 to March 2009.[4]
In 2007, she was made provincial minister of Balochistan for Social Welfare, Informal education, Human rights, Youth, Information, Population, Information Technology, Manpower training, Sports, Archives, and Culture in a caretaker capacity.[4]
In 2018, she was made Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions, Railways and Postal Services[5] in Mulk caretaker ministry. She is the only Parsi woman to hold federal ministries.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
She hails from Quetta and is a member of the Parsi community in Pakistan.[6] She is a mother of three children Kaiwan, Sharaine, and Thrity.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Parsi community in Quetta: 'Proud of our contributions for Pakistan' - BBC URDU". YouTube.
- ^ Jabri, Parvez (6 June 2018). "Profiles of Caretaker Cabinet Ministers". Business Recorder.
- ^ "Profiles of six-members of caretaker federal cabinet - Daily Pakistan Observer -Daily Pakistan Observer –". pakobserver.net. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ a b "About SDPI". www.sdpi.org.
- ^ "Roshan Khursheed given additional portfolios of Railways, Postal Services". www.radio.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "HOME IS WHERE THE HEART WAS - ePaper - DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com. 22 July 2016.
- ^ Notezai, Muhammad Akbar (22 July 2016). "The untold story of Quetta's Parsi community".
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