Samina Khalid Ghurki

Who is Samina Khalid Ghurki?

Samina Khalid Ghurki is a Pakistani politician, from the Pakistan Peoples Party. Samina Ghurki was born on 13 August 1956 in Lahore, Punjab. She was elected to the National Assembly for her first term in 2002 from the constituency of NA-130, the largest of Lahore. She was re-elected in 2008 from the same constituency. She was appointed Federal Minister of Special Education in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Federal Minister of Environment and later Federal Minister of National Integration and Heritage in the cabinet of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf; Raja Cabinet I.

Samina Khalid Ghurki completed her Bachelor Studies from Lahore College for Women in 1976. Married, Samina is the mother of two sons and two daughters. She is active in the community welfare and social work of her constituency. Her family funds the Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital in Ghurki, Lahore. Her late husband Khalid Javaid Ghurki was a former MP, President of PPP Lahore Chapter, Member of CEC PPP, parliamentary secretary and Town Nazim of Wagah Town, Lahore. He was one of the senior leaders of the PPPP and a close associate of Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto.