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Pakistani politician
Roshan Khursheed BharuchaSenator
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.

Early life and education

Barucha's father migrated to Balochistan from Yazd, Iran while her mother is from Gujarat, India.

Barucha 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 she completed in 1993.

Political career

She has served as Provincial Minister of Balochistan between 1999 and 2002.

She has also served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2003 to March 2009.

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.

In 2018, she was made Federal Minister for Human Rights, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, States and Frontier Regions, Railways and Postal Services in Mulk caretaker ministry.

Personal life

She hails from Quetta and is a member of the Parsi community in Pakistan. She is a mother of three children Kaiwan, Sharaine, and Thrity. As well as being a grandmother to Cyrus, Shanaya, Darian, Nadia, Aaron, & Ryan.

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. ^ "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".
Mulk Caretaker Cabinet (2018)
Federal MinistersNasirul Mulk


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