Monday, October 7

Shaheen Raza, politician

Shaheen Raza Cheema ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to May 2020 ‑ died of Covid-19 on 20 May 2020.

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election and hailed from Gujranwala.

Raza died in Lahore from COVID-19 on 20 May 2020. Reportedly, she caught the virus while visiting a field hospital for coronavirus treatment in Gujranwala.

She was 60 years old at the time of her death and suffered from diabetes and blood pressure issues.

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