Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's sister Nurjahan is in the upcoming parliamentary election.
Express Tribune and Geo TV reported that Nurjahan took nomination papers from Pakistan's Election Commission in Islamabad as a separate parliamentary candidate from Peshawar seat (Seat No. 77) of the parliament. Shawkat Yousufzaii of Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan's party, who is a politician from the current parliamentary constituency, is in the seat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Nurjahan told the media, "Brother loves me as Shahrukh Khan for his performance, and loves me as a public representative. Prior to the councilor elections, the people have been elected with genuine love. Want to work for women empowerment. If we win the elections, we want to highlight the issues of women in the parliament. '
Nurjahan Shahrukh Khan's sister is not. She is Shahrukh's cousin. Shahrukh's sister named Shehenaj Talmud Khan.
Nurjahan's family has been in Peshawar for a long time. Before that, he was elected councilor in the provincial elections. He is also known to have enough popularity in the area.
Nurjahan's brother Mansur started the campaign for his son. He said, 'Our family is not brand new in politics. My family and my ancestors were involved in the movement of Abdul Ghaffar Khan's Khidmatgar movement. Our family has political continuity. My sister Nurjahan was earlier a councilor of Ward in Peshawar. '
Mansur said the Awami National Party (ANP) offered Nurjahan a candidate for reserved women seats. But he did not agree He wants to contest from his own center Peshawar.
In context, after partition, Shahrukh's family and his uncle (Nurjahan's father's family) became residents of different countries. Shahrukh Khan's involvement with a sister is regularly on the other side of the border. Nurjahan has been seen in Mumbai for two times with Shahrukh and his family.