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
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNasirul Mulk (caretaker)
Preceded byKhawaja Saad Rafique
Succeeded byShireen Mazari (Minister of Human Rights)
Caretaker Federal Minister for Railways and Postal Services
In office
5 May 2018 – 18 August 2018
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNasirul Mulk (caretaker)
Succeeded bySheikh Rasheed Ahmad (Minister of Railways)
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2003 – March 2009
PresidentPervaiz Musharraf
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
ConstituencyWomen seat from Balochistan
Provincial Minister of Balochistan for Women Development
In office
Oct 2007 – April 2008
Chief MinisterMohammad Saleh Bhutani
In office
October 1999 – November 2002
Chief MinisterAmir-ul-Mulk Mengal
Personal details
BornQuetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Children3

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

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Parsi community in Quetta: 'Proud of our contributions for Pakistan' - BBC URDU". YouTube.
  2. ^ Jabri, Parvez (6 June 2018). "Profiles of Caretaker Cabinet Ministers". Business Recorder.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "About SDPI". www.sdpi.org.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "HOME IS WHERE THE HEART WAS - ePaper - DAWN.COM". epaper.dawn.com. 22 July 2016.
  7. ^ Notezai, Muhammad Akbar (22 July 2016). "The untold story of Quetta's Parsi community".


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