Afghan Biographies

Niazi, Nasima Naseema Neyazi Niazai Mrs.


Name Niazi, Nasima Naseema Neyazi Niazai Mrs.
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth 1971
Function/Grade Ex Wolesi Jirga Member 2018 MP MNA Helmand
History and Biodata

Mrs. Nasima Niazai
Phone: 0706405331

2. Previous Functions:
Basic literacy course teacher in the Helmand
Education Departmen (1986-1989)
Director of Shahid Mohammad Ekhlash Middle School (1989-1992) unemployed under the Mujahideen (1992-1996)
She conducted a home course for girlsUnder the Taliban government (1996-2001
Principal of the Central Girls’ High School (2001-2005)
Wolesi Jirga Member 2005 MP MNA Helmand,
Wolesi Jirga Member 2010 MP MNA Helmand, reelected
Wolesi Jirga Member 2018 MP MNA Helmand reelected

3. Biodata:
Niazi_NasimaNasima Niazi Nasima Neyazi was born 1971 in Bolan village, Lashkargah District, Helmand Province. Niazai completed her secondary education at Lashkargah Girls’ High School in 1986. She later graduated from the Helmand Teacher Training Institute in 2004. Niazi holds two bachelor’s degrees. She obtained her first bachelor’s degree in Pashtu Literature from a Teacher Training College in 2014. She completed her second bachelor’s degree in law from a private university in Kabul. She was the principal of a girls Highschool.
 

Niazai has connections with organizations in Helmand working for women’s rights, human rights and counter-narcotics. Niazi  is a supporter of Hamid Karzai. It is said she is a member of Afghan Millat a leftist Party. Niazai has been affiliated with the “Reformist” group in parliament.
 

Mrs. Nasima Niazi ‎ was a member of the Committee on Communications, transportation, urban, housing and municipalities Wolesi Jirga 2005.
 

Commission (2012): Transport, Telecommunications, Urban and Housing Affairs, Water and Power Supply
and Municipal Affairs

Mrs. Nasima Neyazi received 1,463 votes in Wolesi Jirga election 2018 and got a seat in WJ 2018.

The Attorney General's Office reported that Ahmad Shah Ramazan and Mrs. Nasima Niazai two members of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga have been referred to the Anti-Corruption Commission for providing misleading information about the registration of their assets. An investigation is underway to determine the real assets of these members of parliament. The anti-corruption commission has said that the suspects should come and provide clarification about the millions of Afs in their bank accounts.(20210225)
 

She is married and has six children.
 

She speaks Pashto and also Dari and Urdu.

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