Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri comes next to Sherry Rehman on a priority list submitted by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Sherry Rehman has been appointed Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States, replacing Hussain Haqqani, who resigned in the backdrop of the memogate scandal. Shazia Marri is next to Sherry Rehman on the priority list for the nomination of parliamentarians on reserved seats for Sindh women in the National Assembly.
On the list, Marri is followed by Ruqia Soomro, Surayya Jatoi and Yasmeen Siddiqui. However, PPP sources said that President Asif Ali Zardari would decide who would occupy the NA seat vacated by Rehman. A PPP member said that Marri was likely to be asked to continue, as party leadership was satisfied with her performance in the Sindh Cabinet. A senior ECP official told Pakistan Today that upon receiving Rehman’s resignation, the commission would write a letter to Marri to get her opinion on the notification, as she is already holding a seat in the Sindh Assembly. Marri was elected to the provincial assembly in 2008 from PSW-13 on a seat reserved for women.
