Waseqa Ayesha Khan

Waseqa Ayesha Khan (Bengali: ওয়াসিকা আয়শা খান) is an Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Reserved women's seat-31.

Waseqa Ayesha Khan
ওয়াসিকা আয়শা খান
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved women's seat-7
Assumed office
20 February 2019
Personal details
Born (1971-07-24) 24 July 1971
Political partyAwami League

Early life

Khan was born on 24 July 1971. She did her bachelors and Masters in Commerce from the University of Chittagong.[1][2] Her father was Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser.[3]

Career

Khan was elected to parliament from Reserved women's seat-31 (Chittagong) as an Awami League candidate 30 December 2018.[4] She has said that the construction of powerplants in Bangladesh do not take into account social and environmental standards.[5]

In December 2019, Khan was made Finance and Planning Affairs secretary of Awami League.[6][7] She is an advisor of Bistaar: Chittagong Arts Complex.[8] She is the Vice-Chairperson of Climate Parliament Bangladesh which called for a future without the use of fossil fuel.[9] She is the Vice President of Mohila Awami League, the women's wing of Awami League.[10]

Khan was made the Chairman of Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in June 2021.[11][12]

References
  1. "Constituency 331_10th_En". parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. "Waseqa Ayesha Khan - SAJIDA Foundation". 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  3. "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. "WASEQA AYESHA KHAN -ওয়াসিকা আয়েশা খান Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  5. "Decisions on power projects taken with 'limited understanding': Bangladesh MP - ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  6. "Secretary – Finance and Planning Affairs Subcommittee Bangladesh Awami League". Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  7. Staff Correspondent. "Awami League announces full committee, Waseqa named finance secretary". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  8. bistaar. "Advisory Board". Bistaar. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  9. "12 climate MPs endorse call for fossil fuel free future - Front Page - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  10. "Awami League Turns 70: Thoughts of Youth". Centre for Research and Information. 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  11. "MP Shahiduzzaman made chief of parliamentary standing committee on Law Ministry". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  12. "Waseqa mourns death of Ctg AL leader Adv Sirajul Islam | News". BSS. Retrieved 2022-10-07.


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